Another vehicle occupies the freeway gap you hoped to use. Who must adjust?
Correct answer: You must yield and find a safe gap before entering the through lane.
A signal states your intention but does not create a gap or right-of-way. Entering traffic must yield to traffic already on the freeway.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 60, physical PDF page 68: 5A-1 Safe traffic gap ↗
You are approaching your interstate exit. Where should the normal reduction to exit-ramp speed take place?
Correct answer: After leaving the main through lane and entering the exit lane or ramp.
The handbook says to keep pace while on the main road, then reduce speed after moving onto the exit. Signal and plan the departure early.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 61, physical PDF page 69: 5A-3 Deceleration lane ↗
Before moving into another interstate lane, what should you do?
Correct answer: Check mirrors and the blind spot, signal and change lanes only when the space is clear.
A vehicle may be outside your mirrors’ view. Look for that hidden traffic before beginning the move; signaling does not grant priority.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 55, physical PDF page 63: 4E-3 Lane changing ↗
Why should you avoid staying alongside a large truck or bus for a long time?
Correct answer: You may remain in the other driver’s blind spot and limit space to avoid a conflict.
Large vehicles have extensive side blind spots. Complete a safe pass or remain back rather than lingering beside them.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 72, physical PDF page 80: 6F-2 Side blind spots ↗
A narrow road and oncoming traffic leave no room for a safe bicycle pass. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow and wait behind the cyclist until you can pass with adequate clearance.
Wait for safe space rather than squeezing through. A delayed pass is better than endangering the cyclist or oncoming traffic.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Safe bicycle passing ↗
A cyclist moves left in the lane to avoid parked cars and surface hazards. What should you recognize?
Correct answer: The cyclist may need that position to ride safely; leave room and pass only when safe.
The handbook describes reasons cyclists may need space away from the right edge. Do not force them toward hazards.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Bicyclist road position ↗
You are turning left while an oncoming bicycle approaches through the intersection. How should you treat it?
Correct answer: Yield as you would to an oncoming motor vehicle.
Bicycles are traffic, not an exception to ordinary yielding duties. Wait for a safe opening before crossing the cyclist’s path.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Left turns ↗
You have just passed a cyclist and want to turn right at the next driveway. What must you avoid?
Correct answer: Turning across the cyclist’s path without enough clearance.
Do not cut off a bicycle immediately after passing it. Check its position and yield as needed before turning across its path.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Right turns ↗
A prescribed medicine makes you drowsy and slows your reactions. Does the prescription make it safe to drive?
Correct answer: No; do not drive while the medicine impairs your ability.
Prescription and nonprescription drugs can affect driving. Read warnings and ask a doctor or pharmacist if their effects on driving are unclear.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 27, physical PDF page 35: 2E Prescription and over-the-counter medicines ↗
Which BAC reaches Nebraska’s ordinary adult per-se alcohol threshold for driving a personal car?
Correct answer: 0.08 percent.
The manual identifies 0.08 percent for the ordinary threshold. Impairment can occur below that number; it is not permission to drink and drive.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 24, physical PDF page 32: 2A Alcohol-concentration thresholds ↗
At what BAC does Nebraska’s separate under-21 alcohol prohibition begin below the ordinary 0.08 threshold?
Correct answer: 0.02 percent.
The under-21 threshold is lower than the ordinary adult threshold. Young drivers must not treat the adult figure as permission to drink and drive.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,211.01, subsection (1); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
An officer lawfully requests an alcohol test under Nebraska’s implied-consent rules. Can refusal itself have driver-license consequences?
Correct answer: Yes; refusal can lead to loss of driving privileges.
Refusal is not a way to preserve driving privileges automatically. Nebraska’s handbook explains that refusal can result in administrative license revocation; this question does not assert one penalty for every case.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 24, physical PDF page 32: 2A Implied Consent Law ↗
Your car has front airbags. May you leave your seat belt unfastened because the airbag will protect you?
Correct answer: No; airbags supplement seat belts rather than replace them.
Use the seat belt properly. Airbags provide added protection but do not replace the restraint system.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 25, physical PDF page 33: 2B Airbags supplement seat belts ↗
What minimum advance distance does the Nebraska handbook give for signaling a turn or move right or left?
Correct answer: At least 100 feet.
Signal early enough to communicate the intended movement. Check traffic and use a safe gap; the signal does not grant priority.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 54, physical PDF page 62: 4E-1 Advance signal distance ↗
You are on a one-way street turning left onto another one-way street at a circular red light. No sign or officer prohibits it. What does Nebraska permit?
Correct answer: A left turn after a complete stop and yielding, if it is safe.
The permission is limited to the described one-way-to-one-way movement. Stop and yield to pedestrians and conflicting traffic.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 32, physical PDF page 40: 3A-2 One-way-to-one-way left turn on circular red ↗
A school bus on your undivided two-lane road stops with its red lights flashing and stop arm extended. When may you proceed past it?
Correct answer: After the red lights are off, the arm is retracted and the bus resumes motion, with the path safe.
Current Nebraska law specifies all three release conditions. Keep watching for children rather than treating any single change as permission to pass.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,175, subsection (1); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A school bus ahead activates amber flashing lights as it prepares to stop for children. What should you do?
Correct answer: Reduce to no more than 25 mph and prepare to stop.
Flashing yellow bus lights require the stated slowdown. Stop when the bus is stopped with its stop arm extended and red lights flashing.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,175, subsection (1); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A school bus stops on the opposite roadway of a divided highway. You are traveling the opposite direction, separated by the median. What does the school-bus exception allow?
Correct answer: You need not make the school-bus stop solely for that bus on the different roadway.
The exception depends on separate roadways, not merely a painted lane division. Continue watching for hazards and obey other controls.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,175, subsections (1) and (5); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A deer suddenly enters your path and you cannot avoid it without swerving into oncoming traffic. What is the safer response?
Correct answer: Brake under control and avoid the dangerous sharp swerve.
Nebraska’s guidance is to brake, maintain control and stop as safely as possible, rather than veer into another hazard. Deer may travel in groups.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 26, physical PDF page 34: 2D Don’t Veer for Deer ↗
During an emergency stop in an ABS-equipped car, you feel the brake pedal pulse. What should you generally do?
Correct answer: Keep firm pressure on the brake and follow the vehicle’s ABS instructions.
Pulsation can be normal ABS operation. The handbook calls for keeping pressure on the pedal rather than repeatedly releasing it.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 63, physical PDF page 71: 5C-5 Antilock brakes ↗
