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  1. 1. A red light controls your lane. A painted stop line lies before the crosswalk. Where must you make the required stop?
  2. 2. You have stopped at a circular red light. No red arrow or sign prohibits your intended right turn. Cross traffic is too close for a safe turn. What must you do?
  3. 3. After stopping at a circular red light, which left-turn route may be allowed if no device prohibits it and you yield as required?
  4. 4. A steady red right arrow faces you. No traffic-control device permits a turn on that arrow. What must you do before making that turn?
  5. 5. An official traffic-control device expressly permits a right turn on the steady red right arrow facing you. How may you use that permission?
  6. 6. Your green turn arrow lights, but a pedestrian is lawfully in the associated crosswalk. What is required?
  7. 7. A circular green signal changes to steady yellow as you approach. What does the yellow tell you?
  8. 8. You face a flashing yellow left arrow while an oncoming vehicle is close enough to conflict with your turn. What should you do?
  9. 9. At an intersection, you face a flashing circular red signal rather than a steady red. What rule governs your movement?
  10. 10. The traffic signal facing your car shows no colored lights or arrows. There is no officer directing traffic. What is required before crossing?
  11. 11. Your light is green, but stopped traffic leaves no room for your whole car beyond the intersection. What should you do?
  12. 12. An overhead lane-control signal shows a steady red X above one lane in your direction. What does that mean for your car?
  13. 13. A lane-control signal shows a steady white two-way left-turn arrow. How is that lane designated?
  14. 14. You are driving a car toward a planned turn on an Ohio highway. For at least how much of the final approach must the required turn signal be continuous?
  15. 15. You signal a lane change well in advance, but a car remains alongside in the intended lane. Does your signal authorize moving over?
  16. 16. There are no special turn markings or signs. Where should a car approach and make an ordinary right turn at an intersection?
  17. 17. Both intersecting roads carry traffic in two directions, and no special markings alter the turn. Where should you approach a left turn?
  18. 18. You turn left from one one-way street into another, with no special turn markings. Where should the turn place your car as nearly as practicable?
  19. 19. Official signs and pavement markings direct a different turning path from the ordinary curb-based turn rule. Which path must you follow?
  20. 20. Two cars approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at about the same time. Neither has a special right-of-way rule. You are on the left. What must you do?
  21. 21. You intend to turn left into a driveway. An oncoming car is close enough that your turn would create an immediate hazard. What is required?
  22. 22. You reach a stop sign with no stop line or near-side crosswalk. Where does Ohio require the stop?
  23. 23. You stop fully at a stop sign. A vehicle on the crossroad is already near enough to conflict with your crossing. What comes next?
  24. 24. You approach a yield sign, and traffic makes entering unsafe without stopping. What must you do?
  25. 25. You are leaving a parking lot to enter a highway. Who must yield under the rule for entering from a place other than another roadway?
  26. 26. Which lateral clearance does Ohio law identify as a safe passing distance when a motor vehicle overtakes a bicycle or electric bicycle?
  27. 27. You have drawn ahead of a vehicle while passing on the left, but are not yet safely clear of it. May you move back right?
  28. 28. On a road where a left-side pass is allowed, another driver gives the required audible signal and begins passing you. How should you respond?
  29. 29. A car ahead is about to turn left. There is enough unobstructed roadway to its right for you to pass safely without leaving the roadway. Which statement is correct?
  30. 30. A car waits to turn left ahead of you. The only way around on its right is to drive off the roadway onto the shoulder. May you make that pass?
  31. 31. 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?
  32. 32. On an ordinary two-way road, a curve blocks the view far enough ahead to make opposing traffic a hazard. No obstruction or special direction requires crossing the center. May you drive left of center to pass?
  33. 33. The posted limit is 50 mph and a vehicle travels at 30 mph in a marked no-passing zone. Does its speed satisfy Ohio's less-than-half-speed condition for the special passing exception?
  34. 34. An obstruction makes it necessary to cross the center line temporarily. An oncoming vehicle is close enough to be an immediate hazard on the unobstructed side. What must you do?
  35. 35. You are traveling below the prevailing lawful traffic speed. A safe right-hand lane is available, and you are not passing, preparing a left turn, or using another lane needed for your route. Where should you drive?
  36. 36. An official traffic-control device prohibits changing lanes on the road section ahead. The neighboring lane looks empty. May you change lanes there simply to improve your position?
  37. 37. An official sign reserves a lane for buses during the hours you are driving. You are in an ordinary car and no exception applies. May you use it to bypass a queue?
  38. 38. No officer or traffic necessity requires you to stop there. May you park your car eight feet from a fire hydrant?
  39. 39. 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?
  40. 40. You plan to park 25 feet before a stop sign on its approach. No traffic-compliance exception applies. Is that space allowed by Ohio's statewide parking rule?
  41. 41. You want to park your car in a bicycle lane to enter a shop. No officer, device, or traffic conflict requires stopping there. Is that permitted?
  42. 42. Every curb space is occupied. May you park alongside a car already parked at the curb while you run into a store?
  43. 43. You are parking a car in an ordinary right-curb space, and you can readily reach the curb. What maximum distance should separate the right-hand wheels from the curb?
  44. 44. You have a valid disability placard. May you park in the diagonally striped access aisle beside an accessible parking space?
  45. 45. On a two-lane road, a school bus has stopped to unload children. How far from its front or rear must an approaching driver make the required stop?
  46. 46. A highway has four traffic lanes, two in each direction, with no median. A school bus stops to load children in the opposite direction. Does the stopped-bus rule require your car to stop?
  47. 47. 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?
  48. 48. You stopped as required behind a school bus unloading children. Under Ohio's stopped-bus rule, which event permits you to proceed, with due care?
  49. 49. Heavy traffic and a slick road make the posted limit too fast for the conditions. What does Ohio's basic speed rule require?
  50. 50. You cannot stop your car within the clear distance visible ahead at your current speed. What must change to comply with Ohio's assured-clear-distance rule?
  51. 51. On an ordinary street beside a school, posted school-zone signs show 20 mph. Children are leaving school during closing hours, but the signs have no flashing lights. Which speed rule applies?
  52. 52. A two-lane state route outside a municipality is posted 55 mph. A passenger says all such roads allow 60 mph. Should you disregard the posted limit?
  53. 53. A stationary police vehicle displays its prescribed warning lights beside your lane. Your highway has two lanes in your direction, and changing away is safe. What must you do?
  54. 54. You approach a listed stationary emergency vehicle with prescribed warning lights, but traffic makes moving away unsafe. What does Ohio require instead?
  55. 55. 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?
  56. 56. A public-safety vehicle approaches using the required visible warning light and a siren. No police officer gives different directions. What should you do?
  57. 57. A railroad crossing signal warns that a train is immediately approaching. Within what distance range from the nearest rail must you stop?
  58. 58. A traffic light beyond a railroad crossing is green, but the queue leaves insufficient space for your car beyond the tracks. What must you do?
  59. 59. The train has passed and the crossing gate has begun opening. No law-enforcement officer or flagperson signals you through. May you drive under the moving gate?
  60. 60. Your loaded car does not have enough undercarriage clearance to negotiate a raised railroad crossing safely. There is no train in sight. What is required?
  61. 61. The sun has set, but streetlights make the road look bright. What must you do with your car lights?
  62. 62. Rain requires you to use the windshield wipers during a daytime drive. Which lighting rule applies?
  63. 63. Haze makes vehicles and substantial objects impossible to distinguish 1,000 feet ahead. It is daytime and not raining. What is required?
  64. 64. At night, may you drive on an Ohio street using only the parking lights?
  65. 65. Your high beams are shining toward an approaching driver. What should you do?
  66. 66. At an intersection without traffic signals, a pedestrian crosses in a marked crosswalk on your half of the road. What must you do?
  67. 67. With no traffic signal assigning priority, a person in a crosswalk is still on the opposite half but close enough to be endangered by your car. What is required?
  68. 68. A blind pedestrian carrying a predominantly white cane is crossing your path. How must you respond?
  69. 69. A pedestrian crosses midblock outside a crosswalk and should yield to your car. What responsibility do you still have?
  70. 70. You are parked at the curb and ready to pull out. Passing traffic leaves no safe opening. What must you do?
  71. 71. You pass your freeway exit. There is no crash or breakdown emergency. May you back along the shoulder to reach it?
  72. 72. From a parked car, you see a cyclist approaching beside the door you intend to open. What must you do?
  73. 73. Passengers have finished getting out of your curbside car. May you leave its traffic-side door open while chatting?
  74. 74. Boxes in your car block your view to the side. What must happen before you drive?
  75. 75. A driver crawls along a clear road, needlessly blocking normal traffic. No safety condition or law requires that speed. Is being below the maximum enough?
  76. 76. Ice makes it necessary to drive below a posted minimum speed. Which choice follows Ohio's minimum-speed rule?
  77. 77. Traffic speeds up as rain begins. What should guide the distance you leave behind the car ahead?
  78. 78. 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?
  79. 79. The driver ahead extends a hand and arm straight out horizontally from the car's left side. What is being signaled?
  80. 80. A car driver gives a hand-and-arm signal from the left side with the arm extended upward. What does it mean?
  81. 81. A car driver extends a hand and arm downward from the left side. What should you anticipate?
  82. 82. You are leaving your car unattended on a public street. Does selecting Park replace the statutory parking-brake requirement?
  83. 83. You park facing downhill beside a curb. In addition to securing the car with its parking brake, how should you position its front wheels?
  84. 84. An identified daytime funeral procession is crossing ahead. Its cars have headlights and the required pennants. No officer directs otherwise. What must you do?
  85. 85. A funeral procession's lead car lawfully entered an intersection. The light changes before the remaining cars reach it. What must those drivers remember?
  86. 86. A grassy median separates the roadways. You want a shortcut, with no emergency or police direction. Where may you cross?
  87. 87. Before a highway trip, you discover your car horn does not work. Which requirement applies?
  88. 88. An aftermarket switch bypasses your gasoline car's muffler to make it louder. May you use that bypass on a highway?
  89. 89. A loose item in your vehicle could fall onto the highway. What must you do before moving?
  90. 90. You haul household rubbish in an open utility trailer. Paper and boxes could blow out. Which preparation is required?
  91. 91. A lane is too narrow for your car and a bicycle to travel safely side by side. Must the cyclist hug the edge for you?
  92. 92. You see two cyclists riding abreast in a single roadway lane. Does that arrangement by itself violate Ohio's statewide abreast limit?
  93. 93. You find a parking space across a two-way road. May you park your ordinary car there facing against traffic on that side?
  94. 94. 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?
  95. 95. Near a hillcrest, approaching drivers cannot see your ordinary car from 500 feet in either direction. No signal authorizes a turn. May you reverse direction there?
  96. 96. In your private car, how close may you follow a fire engine responding to an alarm, without any special direction?
  97. 97. An unprotected fire hose used at a fire lies across a street. Who must consent before you drive over it?
  98. 98. 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?
  99. 99. May you park on a highway bridge to take a photograph, with no emergency, traffic necessity or official direction?
  100. 100. You plan to park across a driveway for a quick delivery. No traffic duty or official direction requires it. Is that permitted?
Review all 100 questions with answers

  1. A red light controls your lane. A painted stop line lies before the crosswalk. Where must you make the required stop?

    Correct answer: Before the stop line

    Stop at the marked stop line. Without a line, stop before the near crosswalk; if neither exists, stop before entering the intersection.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(1)(a); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  2. You have stopped at a circular red light. No red arrow or sign prohibits your intended right turn. Cross traffic is too close for a safe turn. What must you do?

    Correct answer: Wait and yield to that traffic

    A permitted right turn on circular red still carries stop-sign yielding duties. Stopping does not give the turning driver priority over an immediate conflict.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(1)(b), effective 2025-06-30; 4511.43(A), effective 2018-10-29. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  3. After stopping at a circular red light, which left-turn route may be allowed if no device prohibits it and you yield as required?

    Correct answer: From a one-way street into a one-way street

    Ohio's circular-red left-turn permission is for a one-way-to-one-way movement. It requires a stop and the applicable yielding duties, and a prohibiting device controls.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(1)(b); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  4. A steady red right arrow faces you. No traffic-control device permits a turn on that arrow. What must you do before making that turn?

    Correct answer: Wait for an indication or device permitting it

    The ordinary red-arrow rule prohibits the indicated movement. Ohio has a narrow exception when a traffic-control device expressly permits a stopped turn; the scenario does not provide one.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(2)(a)-(b); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  5. An official traffic-control device expressly permits a right turn on the steady red right arrow facing you. How may you use that permission?

    Correct answer: Stop, yield, then turn right when safe

    Ohio permits this specifically authorized stopped turn in the arrow's direction, subject to the duties that apply after a stop sign. It is not a general permission to ignore red arrows.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(C)(2)(b), effective 2025-06-30; 4511.43(A), effective 2018-10-29. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  6. Your green turn arrow lights, but a pedestrian is lawfully in the associated crosswalk. What is required?

    Correct answer: Yield to the pedestrian before turning

    A green arrow allows its indicated movement cautiously, not unconditionally. Drivers still yield to pedestrians lawfully in the associated crosswalk and traffic lawfully using the intersection.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(A)(2); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  7. 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. ↗

  8. You face a flashing yellow left arrow while an oncoming vehicle is close enough to conflict with your turn. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Yield until the turn can be made safely

    A flashing yellow arrow allows the indicated movement cautiously. A left-turning driver must yield to opposing vehicles that pose an immediate hazard, as well as the other stated conflicts.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(E)(2)(a)-(b); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  9. At an intersection, you face a flashing circular red signal rather than a steady red. What rule governs your movement?

    Correct answer: Stop, then proceed under stop-sign yielding rules

    A flashing circular red at an intersection requires a stop at the specified stopping point. After stopping, the same yielding conditions as at a stop sign govern whether you may proceed.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.13(F)(1); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  10. The traffic signal facing your car shows no colored lights or arrows. There is no officer directing traffic. What is required before crossing?

    Correct answer: Stop, yield to immediate hazards, and use care

    Ohio's malfunction rule requires a stop, yielding to conflicting traffic in or approaching the intersection that creates an immediate hazard, and ordinary care while proceeding. A dark signal is not permission to continue without stopping.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.132(A)(1)-(3); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  11. Your light is green, but stopped traffic leaves no room for your whole car beyond the intersection. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Wait outside the intersection for enough space

    A green signal does not override Ohio's rule against entering without enough space beyond the intersection to accommodate your vehicle without obstructing others.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.712(A)-(B); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  12. An overhead lane-control signal shows a steady red X above one lane in your direction. What does that mean for your car?

    Correct answer: The lane is closed to travel in your direction

    A steady red X closes the lane to traffic viewing that indication. It is a lane-use control, not permission to enter merely because no vehicle is visible.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.131(E); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  13. A lane-control signal shows a steady white two-way left-turn arrow. How is that lane designated?

    Correct answer: For left turns from either direction, not through travel

    The white two-way left-turn indication allows opposing streams to use the lane for left turns. It does not designate a through lane, and opposing turning traffic can also use it.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.131(C); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  14. You are driving a car toward a planned turn on an Ohio highway. For at least how much of the final approach must the required turn signal be continuous?

    Correct answer: The last 100 feet

    For a motor vehicle, the required signal is continuous for at least the last 100 feet traveled before the turn or move right or left. The separate bicycle signaling exceptions do not change this car rule.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.39(A), second paragraph; current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  15. 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. ↗

  16. There are no special turn markings or signs. Where should a car approach and make an ordinary right turn at an intersection?

    Correct answer: As close as practicable to the right curb or road edge

    The ordinary right-turn approach and turn stay as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge. Official signs or markings can direct a different course, and the driver must still make the turn safely.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.36(A)(1), (C); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  17. Both intersecting roads carry traffic in two directions, and no special markings alter the turn. Where should you approach a left turn?

    Correct answer: In your half of the road nearest the center line

    For this ordinary two-way intersection, approach from the part of the right half nearest the center line. Do not enter the opposing half early; complete the turn to the right of the entered road's center line.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.36(A)(2), (C); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  18. You turn left from one one-way street into another, with no special turn markings. Where should the turn place your car as nearly as practicable?

    Correct answer: In the lawfully available left-hand lane of the new road

    Where one or more roads are one-way, the ordinary left-turn rule uses the extreme left available approach lane and the lawfully available left lane of the road entered, as nearly as practicable. Special official directions override the ordinary course.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.36(A)(3), (C); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  19. Official signs and pavement markings direct a different turning path from the ordinary curb-based turn rule. Which path must you follow?

    Correct answer: The path required by the official signs and markings

    Ohio authorizes official intersection markings or signs to direct a different course. When they are present, drivers must turn as they require.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.36(C); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  20. Two cars approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at about the same time. Neither has a special right-of-way rule. You are on the left. What must you do?

    Correct answer: Yield to the car on your right

    The general simultaneous-arrival rule gives priority to the vehicle on the right. Through-highway, sign, signal, and other specific rules can modify that rule, so the scenario excludes them.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.41(A)-(B); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  21. You intend to turn left into a driveway. An oncoming car is close enough that your turn would create an immediate hazard. What is required?

    Correct answer: Yield to the oncoming car

    Left-turn yielding is not limited to intersections. It also applies when turning into an alley, private road, or driveway if opposing traffic is within the intersection or close enough to pose an immediate hazard.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.42(A); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  22. You reach a stop sign with no stop line or near-side crosswalk. Where does Ohio require the stop?

    Correct answer: At the nearest point with a traffic view, before entering

    Without a stop line or crosswalk, stop at the nearest point to the intersecting roadway where you can see approaching traffic, before entering it. A law-enforcement officer may direct otherwise.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.43(A); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  23. 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. ↗

  24. You approach a yield sign, and traffic makes entering unsafe without stopping. What must you do?

    Correct answer: Stop and yield until there is a safe opening

    A yield sign requires slowing to a reasonable speed and stopping when safety requires it. After slowing or stopping, yield to immediate conflicts before entering.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.43(B); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  25. You are leaving a parking lot to enter a highway. Who must yield under the rule for entering from a place other than another roadway?

    Correct answer: You must yield to approaching roadway traffic

    A driver entering or crossing a highway from a private place must yield to all traffic approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed. A turn signal does not reverse that duty.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.44(A); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  26. Which lateral clearance does Ohio law identify as a safe passing distance when a motor vehicle overtakes a bicycle or electric bicycle?

    Correct answer: Three feet or more

    Ohio identifies three feet or greater as safe passing clearance for bicycles and electric bicycles. The pass must also be made safely, and the driver cannot cut back in before safely clearing the rider.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.27(A)(1); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  27. You have drawn ahead of a vehicle while passing on the left, but are not yet safely clear of it. May you move back right?

    Correct answer: No; wait until you are safely clear

    Ohio requires a passing driver to remain out until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle before returning right. Merely getting the front of your car ahead does not complete that clearance.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.27(A)(1); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  28. On a road where a left-side pass is allowed, another driver gives the required audible signal and begins passing you. How should you respond?

    Correct answer: Give way right and do not speed up until fully passed

    Except where right-side passing is permitted, the overtaken driver gives way right at the audible signal and must not increase speed until the passing vehicle has completely passed.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.27(A)(2)-(3); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  29. A car ahead is about to turn left. There is enough unobstructed roadway to its right for you to pass safely without leaving the roadway. Which statement is correct?

    Correct answer: A right-side pass may be allowed under these conditions

    A left-turning vehicle is one situation in which passing on the right may be permitted. The movement must still be safe and must not be made by driving off the roadway.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.28(A)(1), (B); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  30. A car waits to turn left ahead of you. The only way around on its right is to drive off the roadway onto the shoulder. May you make that pass?

    Correct answer: No; do not pass by driving off the roadway

    Ohio's right-side-passing permission does not authorize leaving the roadway. Wait when the pass cannot be completed safely on the roadway.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.28(B); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  31. 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. ↗

  32. On an ordinary two-way road, a curve blocks the view far enough ahead to make opposing traffic a hazard. No obstruction or special direction requires crossing the center. May you drive left of center to pass?

    Correct answer: No; the obstructed view makes that move prohibited

    Driving left of center is prohibited at a curve or crest when the obstructed view creates the specified oncoming-traffic hazard. A horn or clear pavement immediately ahead does not remove it.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.30(A)(1), (B); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  33. The posted limit is 50 mph and a vehicle travels at 30 mph in a marked no-passing zone. Does its speed satisfy Ohio's less-than-half-speed condition for the special passing exception?

    Correct answer: No; 30 mph is not less than half of 50 mph

    The special exception requires the slower vehicle to travel below half the applicable limit, the pass to stay within the limit, and sufficient clear sight distance. Here the first condition fails; ordinary no-passing directions still apply.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.31(A), (B)(1)-(3); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  34. An obstruction makes it necessary to cross the center line temporarily. An oncoming vehicle is close enough to be an immediate hazard on the unobstructed side. What must you do?

    Correct answer: Yield before using the oncoming side

    The obstruction exception to keeping right includes a duty to yield to vehicles properly using the unobstructed side when they are close enough to pose an immediate hazard.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.25(A)(2); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  35. You are traveling below the prevailing lawful traffic speed. A safe right-hand lane is available, and you are not passing, preparing a left turn, or using another lane needed for your route. Where should you drive?

    Correct answer: In the available right-hand lane

    Under these conditions, slower traffic belongs in the available right lane and far enough right to allow safe, reasonable passing. The rule does not require compromising your safety.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.25(B)(1)-(2); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  36. An official traffic-control device prohibits changing lanes on the road section ahead. The neighboring lane looks empty. May you change lanes there simply to improve your position?

    Correct answer: No; obey the lane-change prohibition

    Ohio requires drivers to obey traffic-control devices prohibiting lane changes on designated sections. An apparently clear lane or a turn signal does not cancel the device.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.33(A)(4); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  37. An official sign reserves a lane for buses during the hours you are driving. You are in an ordinary car and no exception applies. May you use it to bypass a queue?

    Correct answer: No; follow the posted lane restriction

    Ohio requires drivers to obey official signs restricting a lane to buses during specified hours or all hours. A queue does not cancel the restriction.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.33(A)(3); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  38. No officer or traffic necessity requires you to stop there. May you park your car eight feet from a fire hydrant?

    Correct answer: No; parking within ten feet is prohibited

    Ohio prohibits standing or parking within ten feet of a fire hydrant, subject to the stated traffic-compliance exceptions. Leaving the engine on does not create a parking exception.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A), (A)(4); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  39. 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. ↗

  40. You plan to park 25 feet before a stop sign on its approach. No traffic-compliance exception applies. Is that space allowed by Ohio's statewide parking rule?

    Correct answer: No; the approach clearance is 30 feet

    Ohio prohibits standing or parking within 30 feet of and on the approach to a yield sign, stop sign, or highway traffic signal.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A)(7); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  41. You want to park your car in a bicycle lane to enter a shop. No officer, device, or traffic conflict requires stopping there. Is that permitted?

    Correct answer: No; Ohio prohibits parking in a bicycle lane

    Ohio's prohibited-location list includes a bicycle lane. An ordinary personal errand is not one of the rule's traffic-compliance exceptions.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A), (A)(17); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  42. Every curb space is occupied. May you park alongside a car already parked at the curb while you run into a store?

    Correct answer: No; that is prohibited double parking

    Ohio prohibits standing or parking alongside a vehicle stopped or parked at the street's edge or curb. A quick errand or flashing hazards does not create an exception.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A)(12); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  43. You are parking a car in an ordinary right-curb space, and you can readily reach the curb. What maximum distance should separate the right-hand wheels from the curb?

    Correct answer: 12 inches

    The ordinary rule requires the right-hand wheels parallel with and no more than 12 inches from the right curb. The narrow impossibility/loading qualification is not present in this scenario.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.69(A); current section effective 2023-10-03, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  44. You have a valid disability placard. May you park in the diagonally striped access aisle beside an accessible parking space?

    Correct answer: No; the access aisle must remain clear

    The adjacent striped access aisle is not an additional accessible parking space. Ohio separately prohibits stopping, standing, or parking there, even though a placard may authorize an actual designated space.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.69(F)(1)-(2); current section effective 2023-10-03, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  45. On a two-lane road, a school bus has stopped to unload children. How far from its front or rear must an approaching driver make the required stop?

    Correct answer: At least ten feet

    Ohio requires the stop at least ten feet from the front or rear of the stopped school bus. The four-or-more-lane opposing-traffic exception does not apply on this two-lane road.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.75(A), (C); current section effective 2025-09-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  46. A highway has four traffic lanes, two in each direction, with no median. A school bus stops to load children in the opposite direction. Does the stopped-bus rule require your car to stop?

    Correct answer: No; the four-lane opposing-traffic exception applies

    On a highway divided into four or more traffic lanes, opposing traffic need not stop for the bus under this rule. The statute does not make a physical median a condition of that exception. Continue with care for any actual hazard.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.75(C); current section effective 2025-09-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  47. 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. ↗

  48. You stopped as required behind a school bus unloading children. Under Ohio's stopped-bus rule, which event permits you to proceed, with due care?

    Correct answer: The bus resumes motion or its driver signals you to proceed

    Remain stopped until the school bus resumes motion or the bus driver signals you to proceed. Do not replace these release conditions with your own waiting period or observation of only one child.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.75(A), (E); current section effective 2025-09-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  49. Heavy traffic and a slick road make the posted limit too fast for the conditions. What does Ohio's basic speed rule require?

    Correct answer: Choose a speed reasonable for the actual conditions

    Ohio requires a reasonable and proper speed considering traffic, road surface, width, and other conditions. A posted limit is not a command to travel that fast when conditions demand less.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.21(A); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  50. You cannot stop your car within the clear distance visible ahead at your current speed. What must change to comply with Ohio's assured-clear-distance rule?

    Correct answer: Reduce speed enough to stop within that distance

    Ohio prohibits a speed greater than will allow the vehicle to stop within the assured clear distance ahead. Compliance is not established merely by remaining below a posted limit.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.21(A); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  51. On an ordinary street beside a school, posted school-zone signs show 20 mph. Children are leaving school during closing hours, but the signs have no flashing lights. Which speed rule applies?

    Correct answer: The 20-mph school-zone rule still applies

    Ohio's 20-mph school-zone rule applies under its posted-sign and recess/arrival/departure conditions. Flashing lights are not universally required, and this rule does not use a fixed statewide daily clock window.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.21(B)(1)(a); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  52. A two-lane state route outside a municipality is posted 55 mph. A passenger says all such roads allow 60 mph. Should you disregard the posted limit?

    Correct answer: No; the special 60-mph limit needs designation and signs

    The 60-mph provision for these state routes depends on the director's engineering-based determination and appropriate signs for that portion. It is not a blanket 60-mph rule for all rural two-lane roads.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.21(B)(10), (H)(2); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  53. A stationary police vehicle displays its prescribed warning lights beside your lane. Your highway has two lanes in your direction, and changing away is safe. What must you do?

    Correct answer: Move cautiously to the lane away from it

    For a listed stationary vehicle displaying the required visual signals, use due caution and move to a nonadjacent lane when possible and safe on a highway with at least two same-direction lanes.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.213(A), (A)(1); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  54. You approach a listed stationary emergency vehicle with prescribed warning lights, but traffic makes moving away unsafe. What does Ohio require instead?

    Correct answer: Reduce speed and proceed cautiously at a safe speed

    If changing away is impossible or unsafe, or the road lacks the required same-direction lanes, reduce speed and use due caution at a speed safe for road, weather, and traffic conditions. The section does not prescribe a universal 20-mph reduction.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.213(A)(2); current section effective 2018-10-29, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  55. 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. ↗

  56. A public-safety vehicle approaches using the required visible warning light and a siren. No police officer gives different directions. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Yield; stop as far right as practical, clear of the junction

    Ohio requires yielding and, if practical, moving parallel and close to the right edge or curb, clear of an intersection, then stopping and remaining until the vehicle passes. This moving-emergency rule is distinct from passing a stationary response vehicle.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.45(A)(1); current section effective 2016-09-14, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  57. A railroad crossing signal warns that a train is immediately approaching. Within what distance range from the nearest rail must you stop?

    Correct answer: At least 15 feet and no more than 50 feet away

    When a listed crossing condition requires stopping, Ohio specifies within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail. Do not proceed while the train-warning condition remains.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.62(A)(1)(a), (A)(2)(a); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  58. A traffic light beyond a railroad crossing is green, but the queue leaves insufficient space for your car beyond the tracks. What must you do?

    Correct answer: Stop before the crossing and wait for enough room

    Insufficient space beyond the crossing is itself a statutory stopping condition, despite a highway signal to proceed. Stop in the required 15-to-50-foot range and do not enter while the condition persists.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.62(A)(1)(d), (A)(2)(a); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  59. The train has passed and the crossing gate has begun opening. No law-enforcement officer or flagperson signals you through. May you drive under the moving gate?

    Correct answer: No; wait rather than drive under a gate being opened

    Ohio prohibits driving through, around, or under a closed, opening, or closing crossing gate unless a law-enforcement officer or flagperson signals that it is permissible. Check that all remaining crossing hazards are clear before proceeding.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.62(B); (A)(2); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  60. Your loaded car does not have enough undercarriage clearance to negotiate a raised railroad crossing safely. There is no train in sight. What is required?

    Correct answer: Stop and do not proceed across with that condition

    Insufficient undercarriage clearance is a listed stopping condition in its own right. Do not proceed while it remains, even when no train is visible; use a safe alternative rather than risking immobilization on the tracks.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.62(A)(1)(f), (A)(2)(a); current section effective 2025-06-30, reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗

  61. The sun has set, but streetlights make the road look bright. What must you do with your car lights?

    Correct answer: Turn on the required driving lights

    Ohio requires the prescribed lights from sunset to sunrise, even on a well-lit street.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.03(A)(1); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  62. 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. ↗

  63. Haze makes vehicles and substantial objects impossible to distinguish 1,000 feet ahead. It is daytime and not raining. What is required?

    Correct answer: Turn on the required vehicle lights

    The 1,000-foot visibility condition is a separate reason to use lights; rain and darkness are not required.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.03(A)(2); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  64. 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. ↗

  65. Your high beams are shining toward an approaching driver. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Select a beam that does not glare into the driver's eyes

    Ohio requires a beam aimed to avoid glaring rays in an oncoming driver's eyes. Use the appropriate lower beam.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.15(A)(1); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  66. 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. ↗

  67. With no traffic signal assigning priority, a person in a crosswalk is still on the opposite half but close enough to be endangered by your car. What is required?

    Correct answer: Yield, slowing or stopping as needed

    Yielding also applies when a crossing pedestrian approaches closely enough from the opposite half to be in danger.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.46(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  68. 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. ↗

  69. A pedestrian crosses midblock outside a crosswalk and should yield to your car. What responsibility do you still have?

    Correct answer: Use due care to avoid a collision

    A pedestrian's duty to yield does not remove the driver's duty to avoid a collision with due care.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.48(A),(E); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  70. 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. ↗

  71. You pass your freeway exit. There is no crash or breakdown emergency. May you back along the shoulder to reach it?

    Correct answer: No; continue to a lawful route back

    Missing an exit is not an exception to Ohio's freeway backing prohibition. Do not reverse to recover the exit.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.38(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  72. 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. ↗

  73. Passengers have finished getting out of your curbside car. May you leave its traffic-side door open while chatting?

    Correct answer: No; close it after the necessary passenger unloading

    A traffic-side door may not remain open longer than needed to load or unload passengers.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.70(C); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  74. 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. ↗

  75. A driver crawls along a clear road, needlessly blocking normal traffic. No safety condition or law requires that speed. Is being below the maximum enough?

    Correct answer: No; unreasonably slow obstruction is also prohibited

    Ohio prohibits unnecessarily slow driving that impedes normal, reasonable traffic. Safety and legal requirements remain exceptions.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.22(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  76. 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. ↗

  77. Traffic speeds up as rain begins. What should guide the distance you leave behind the car ahead?

    Correct answer: Speed, traffic and roadway conditions

    Ohio requires a reasonable, prudent following distance that accounts for speed, traffic and road conditions.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.34(A), first paragraph; current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  78. 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. ↗

  79. The driver ahead extends a hand and arm straight out horizontally from the car's left side. What is being signaled?

    Correct answer: A left turn

    A horizontal hand-and-arm signal from the left side indicates a left turn.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.40(A)(1); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  80. 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. ↗

  81. A car driver extends a hand and arm downward from the left side. What should you anticipate?

    Correct answer: Stopping or decreasing speed

    The downward hand-and-arm signal means a stop or reduction in speed.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.40(A)(3); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  82. 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. ↗

  83. You park facing downhill beside a curb. In addition to securing the car with its parking brake, how should you position its front wheels?

    Correct answer: Toward the curb

    For this downhill curbside situation, turn the front wheels toward the curb before leaving the vehicle unattended.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.661(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  84. 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. ↗

  85. A funeral procession's lead car lawfully entered an intersection. The light changes before the remaining cars reach it. What must those drivers remember?

    Correct answer: They may follow through while exercising due care

    The following procession vehicles may continue, but each driver must use due care to avoid vehicles and pedestrians.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.451(B); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  86. 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. ↗

  87. Before a highway trip, you discover your car horn does not work. Which requirement applies?

    Correct answer: The car must have a working horn

    A motor vehicle on a highway must have a working horn audible from at least 200 feet under normal conditions.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.21(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  88. 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. ↗

  89. A loose item in your vehicle could fall onto the highway. What must you do before moving?

    Correct answer: Secure or contain it so it cannot escape

    The vehicle must be constructed, loaded or covered to prevent cargo from falling, leaking or otherwise escaping.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4513.31(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  90. 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. ↗

  91. A lane is too narrow for your car and a bicycle to travel safely side by side. Must the cyclist hug the edge for you?

    Correct answer: No; the cyclist may ride away from an unsafe edge

    Ohio does not require edge riding when unsafe or impracticable, including a lane too narrow for safe side-by-side travel.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.55(C); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  92. 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. ↗

  93. You find a parking space across a two-way road. May you park your ordinary car there facing against traffic on that side?

    Correct answer: No; the car must face that side's direction of travel

    An ordinary car must face the direction of travel on its side of the road.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.69(C)(1)(a); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  94. 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. ↗

  95. Near a hillcrest, approaching drivers cannot see your ordinary car from 500 feet in either direction. No signal authorizes a turn. May you reverse direction there?

    Correct answer: No; the restricted visibility prohibits that turn

    Ohio prohibits this direction-reversing turn at a curve or near a hillcrest when the required 500-foot visibility is lacking.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.37(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  96. 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. ↗

  97. An unprotected fire hose used at a fire lies across a street. Who must consent before you drive over it?

    Correct answer: The fire department official in command

    Do not cross the unprotected hose without consent from the fire department official in command.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.73(A); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  98. 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. ↗

  99. May you park on a highway bridge to take a photograph, with no emergency, traffic necessity or official direction?

    Correct answer: No, parking on the bridge is prohibited

    The statewide parking prohibition includes highway bridges and elevated structures, and highway tunnels.

    Source: Ohio Revised Code 4511.68(A)(13); current official section reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗

  100. 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. ↗

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