A circular green signal changes to steady yellow as you approach. What does the yellow tell you?
Correct answer: The current permitted movement is ending
Steady yellow warns that the current green or flashing-arrow movement is ending and red is about to follow. It does not grant extra speed or permission to enter on the ensuing red.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(B)(1); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You signal a lane change well in advance, but a car remains alongside in the intended lane. Does your signal authorize moving over?
Correct answer: No; you must first make sure the move is reasonably safe
Ohio requires both an appropriate signal and due care to determine that the movement can be made with reasonable safety. A signal communicates intent; it does not transfer right-of-way.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.39(A), first paragraph; current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You stop fully at a stop sign. A vehicle on the crossroad is already near enough to conflict with your crossing. What comes next?
Correct answer: Remain stopped and yield to that vehicle
Stopping and yielding are separate duties. After the stop, yield to vehicles in the intersection or approaching closely enough to be an immediate hazard while you cross.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.43(A); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You pass using a lane normally used by opposing traffic. Before coming within what distance of an approaching vehicle must you be back in an authorized travel lane?
Correct answer: 200 feet
Ohio requires returning as soon as practicable and, when using an opposing lane, before coming within 200 feet of an approaching vehicle. This is not permission to begin a pass without adequate clear sight distance.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.29(A); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You find a curb space 15 feet from a crosswalk at an intersection. There is no special traffic direction requiring you to stop. May you park there?
Correct answer: No; it is within the prohibited 20-foot distance
Parking on a crosswalk is prohibited, and an intersection crosswalk also has a 20-foot no-standing-or-parking clearance under this rule.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A)(5)-(6); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You are behind a school bus traveling in your direction on a four-lane highway. It stops to receive children. Does the opposing-traffic exception let you pass it?
Correct answer: No; overtaking traffic must still stop at least ten feet away
The four-lane exception is for traffic approaching from the opposite direction. Drivers overtaking the stopped bus remain subject to the ten-foot stop and waiting duties.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.75(A), (C); current section effective 2025-09-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
A stationary waste-collection vehicle displays the warning lights prescribed for it. Is it excluded from Ohio's Move Over rule because it is not a police car or ambulance?
Correct answer: No; waste-collection vehicles are expressly included
The statute lists waste-collection vehicles as well as public-safety, emergency, road-service, specified inspection, and highway-maintenance vehicles displaying the prescribed lights. Its scope is not limited to police cars, nor automatically extended to every private car with hazards.
Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.213(A); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
Snow and ice cover portions of your route. What does Ohio's winter-safety guidance advise about cruise control?
Correct answer: Leave cruise control off
The Ohio bulletin advises against cruise control in snowy or icy conditions.
Source: Ohio Department of Public Safety, winter-driving bulletin, January 3, 2025 > Winter tips: cruise control and sudden steering (HTML practical guidance; reviewed September 12, 2026) ↗
You normally make a trip comfortably within your electric car's range. What should you allow for in cold weather?
Correct answer: Reduced range and additional charging needs
Cold weather can reduce an electric vehicle's driving range. Plan charge and route accordingly.
Source: NHTSA, Winter Weather Driving Tips > Changes You May Notice > Batteries; Before You Go > Gas Up or Plug It In (HTML practical guidance; reviewed September 12, 2026) ↗
You have regained control after a tire blowout. What comes next?
Correct answer: Continue slowing and pull off where it is safe
After stabilization, slow further and leave the roadway when and where safe.
Source: NHTSA, TireWise > Maintenance > Tire Blowouts, final action bullet (HTML practical guidance; reviewed September 12, 2026) ↗
A car's Level 2 driver-assistance system is controlling speed and helping steer. What remains the driver's job?
Correct answer: Stay engaged, attentive and responsible for driving
Level 2 assistance does not remove the driver's continuous monitoring and responsibility.
Source: NHTSA, Driver Assistance Technologies > Tech Overview > Level 2 Additional Assistance > You Drive, You Monitor (HTML practical guidance; reviewed September 12, 2026) ↗
A large truck signals right but initially moves left to make room. What should you do?
Correct answer: Give it space and wait for the turn to finish
Large vehicles may need extra turning room; entering the inside gap creates a conflict.
Source: FMCSA, Tips for Passenger Vehicle Drivers, updated May 12, 2026 > 3. Anticipate Wide Turns (HTML practical guidance; reviewed September 12, 2026) ↗
Which planned maneuver is prohibited by the symbol on this sign?
Correct answer: Reversing direction with a U-turn
The crossed-out U-shaped arrow prohibits a U-turn; it is not a general ban on every turn.
Source: FHWA MUTCD, 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2B.26, paragraphs 01–03, R3-4; printed page 89 / physical PDF page 130 ↗
You are on a divided highway. What upcoming change does this symbol announce?
Correct answer: The divider between directions ends
Divided Highway Ends warns that the physically divided section is ending and opposing traffic will share an undivided road.
Source: FHWA MUTCD, 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2C.21, paragraphs 01–02, W6-2; printed page 170 / physical PDF page 211 ↗
What road pattern does this arrow prepare you for?
Correct answer: A winding sequence of curves
Winding Road warns of a series of closely spaced changes in roadway alignment, rather than one isolated curve.
Source: FHWA MUTCD, 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2C.07, paragraphs 05–06, W1-5; printed page 155 / physical PDF page 196 ↗
A 15-year-8-month-old Ohio TIPIC holder wants daytime practice. Each proposed supervisor is sober and would sit beside the learner. Who meets the statute's eligible-adult definition?
Correct answer: A 23-year-old Ohio-licensed uncle acting in place of a parent.
For a learner under 16, an Ohio-licensed adult aged 21 or older who acts in place of a parent is an eligible adult. An ordinary friend or neighbor does not qualify merely through age, licensing or permission.
Source: ORC 4507.05(A)(1)(b) and (H)(1)(b)(ii), eligible adult acting in loco parentis; effective March 20, 2026. ↗
An Ohio applicant passed the road portion but failed maneuverability. The TIPIC remains valid. After meeting the other retest requirements, which test credit does the applicant keep?
Correct answer: The passed road portion does not have to be repeated.
During the TIPIC's validity, the rule does not require an applicant to repeat a test already passed. The failed portion and any other applicable retest requirements still must be addressed.
Source: OAC 4501:1-1-11(C), retaining passed-test credit during TIPIC validity; current version effective November 1, 2022. ↗
A 14-year-old riding in the rear of a modern private car does not need a child seat or booster. No exception applies. What must the driver ensure?
Correct answer: The child is properly secured in an appropriate restraint or seat belt.
Ohio's rule for children ages eight through 15 is not limited to the front seat. A child outside the earlier restraint categories must still be properly secured in a compliant child restraint or an occupant restraining device.
Source: ORC 4511.81(D), ages eight through fifteen outside earlier categories, and (H); current version effective March 20, 2025. ↗
You damage an unattended parked car on an Ohio public street and stop. For the unattended-vehicle information duty, what must you do?
Correct answer: Secure the required written information conspicuously in or on that car.
For an unoccupied or unattended damaged vehicle, Ohio requires the necessary identifying information in writing, secured conspicuously in or on that vehicle. This is not permission to skip other duties that apply to the crash.
Source: ORC 4549.02(A)(1) and (A)(3), information for an unoccupied or unattended vehicle; current version effective September 13, 2016. ↗
A driver takes a prescribed controlled substance exactly as directed, but it leaves the driver under its influence and unfit to drive. What does Ohio's prescription exception mean?
Correct answer: It does not excuse driving while actually under the drug's influence.
The prescription exception applies to the listed drug-concentration provision when its conditions are met. It does not remove the separate prohibition on operating while under the influence. Do not drive when medication has left you impaired.
Source: ORC 4511.19(A)(1)(a), (A)(1)(j) and (K)(1)–(2), impairment rule and limited prescription exception; current version effective April 9, 2025. ↗
