Rain requires you to use the windshield wipers during a daytime drive. Which lighting rule applies?
Correct answer: The required vehicle lights must be on
Using wipers because of precipitation also requires the prescribed vehicle lights.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.03(A)(3); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
At night, may you drive on an Ohio street using only the parking lights?
Correct answer: No, parking lights alone are insufficient
Parking lights alone do not satisfy the lighting requirement during the specified times.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.03(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
At an intersection without traffic signals, a pedestrian crosses in a marked crosswalk on your half of the road. What must you do?
Correct answer: Slow or stop as necessary to yield
Yield to the crossing pedestrian on your half of the roadway, slowing or stopping as needed.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.46(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A blind pedestrian carrying a predominantly white cane is crossing your path. How must you respond?
Correct answer: Yield the right of way to the pedestrian
Ohio protects a blind pedestrian using the specified cane or a guide dog. A white cane need not have a red tip.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.47(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You are parked at the curb and ready to pull out. Passing traffic leaves no safe opening. What must you do?
Correct answer: Wait until the movement can be made safely
A stopped or parked vehicle may not start moving until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.38(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
From a parked car, you see a cyclist approaching beside the door you intend to open. What must you do?
Correct answer: Wait until opening it will not interfere
Open a traffic-side door only when reasonably safe and without interfering with moving traffic.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.70(C); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Boxes in your car block your view to the side. What must happen before you drive?
Correct answer: Rearrange the load to restore your view
Do not drive with a load that obstructs the driver's forward or side view or interferes with control.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.70(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Ice makes it necessary to drive below a posted minimum speed. Which choice follows Ohio's minimum-speed rule?
Correct answer: Reduce speed as needed for safe operation
A posted minimum does not require an unsafe speed. The law expressly allows a reduction necessary for safety.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.22(B); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Several families drive in a caravan outside a business or residential district. It is not a funeral procession. What space should they leave between cars?
Correct answer: Enough for an overtaking vehicle to enter safely
Caravans must leave room for an overtaking vehicle to enter safely. The statute makes a separate exception for funeral processions.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.34(A), fourth paragraph; current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A car driver gives a hand-and-arm signal from the left side with the arm extended upward. What does it mean?
Correct answer: A right turn
The upward left-side hand-and-arm signal indicates a right turn.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.40(A)(2); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You are leaving your car unattended on a public street. Does selecting Park replace the statutory parking-brake requirement?
Correct answer: No; effectively set the parking brake too
Ohio requires the parking brake to be effectively set before a vehicle is left unattended.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.661(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
An identified daytime funeral procession is crossing ahead. Its cars have headlights and the required pennants. No officer directs otherwise. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield to each vehicle in the procession
Ordinary traffic must yield to the qualifying procession, subject to police directions and the statutory public-safety exception.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.451(A),(B); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A grassy median separates the roadways. You want a shortcut, with no emergency or police direction. Where may you cross?
Correct answer: Only at an officially established crossing
Use an opening, crossover or intersection established by public authority, and obey its access restrictions. An unpaved gap is not permission.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.35(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
An aftermarket switch bypasses your gasoline car's muffler to make it louder. May you use that bypass on a highway?
Correct answer: No; highway use of a muffler bypass is prohibited
The muffler must remain in working operation; Ohio prohibits highway use of a cutout or similar bypass.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.22(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You haul household rubbish in an open utility trailer. Paper and boxes could blow out. Which preparation is required?
Correct answer: Use a sufficient cover to prevent spilling
For this ordinary rubbish load, use a cover adequate to prevent the material from blowing or bouncing onto the highway.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.31(B); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You see two cyclists riding abreast in a single roadway lane. Does that arrangement by itself violate Ohio's statewide abreast limit?
Correct answer: No; the statewide limit permits up to two abreast
The roadway rule permits no more than two abreast in a lane. Other traffic and safety duties still apply.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.55(B); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your relative's valid disability placard is in your car, but the trip does not transport that person. May you use an accessible space for your own shopping?
Correct answer: No; a placard alone does not authorize this use
The designated space requires qualifying use by or for transport of the person with a disability, not merely possession of a placard.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.69(F)(1)(a); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
In your private car, how close may you follow a fire engine responding to an alarm, without any special direction?
Correct answer: No closer than 500 feet
An ordinary vehicle must stay at least 500 feet behind an emergency or public-safety vehicle responding to an alarm.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.72(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You want to park 30 feet from the nearest rail at a crossing. No traffic duty or official direction requires the stop. What is the rule?
Correct answer: Parking within 50 feet of that rail is prohibited
The parking clearance is 50 feet from the nearest rail. Do not confuse it with the separate train-approach stopping range.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A)(9); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You plan to park across a driveway for a quick delivery. No traffic duty or official direction requires it. Is that permitted?
Correct answer: No; do not park in front of the driveway
Ohio prohibits parking in front of public or private driveways; a quick errand does not create an exception.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A)(2); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
