You are parked beside the roadway. Moving out now would force a passing car to brake abruptly. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.
A vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked may not be moved unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety. Signaling does not make the described unsafe start permissible.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1063, reasonable safety before starting a stopped, standing, or parked vehicle; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
When a turn signal is required, what is the minimum continuous signaling distance before turning?
Correct answer: The last 100 feet traveled before the turn.
The intention to turn right or left must be signaled continuously for at least the final 100 feet traveled before turning. An isolated early flash does not satisfy that continuous-distance requirement.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(d), continuous final 100 feet; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You need to stop or suddenly slow, and there is an opportunity to signal to the driver immediately behind you. What should you do?
Correct answer: Give an appropriate signal before the stop or sudden decrease in speed.
When there is an opportunity, an appropriate signal must warn the driver immediately to the rear before a stop or sudden decrease in speed. The rule does not invent warning time that is unavailable in an emergency.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(c), rearward warning when opportunity exists; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You are not turning, changing lanes, or starting from parking. May you flash a left-turn hand signal solely as a courtesy message telling a following driver to pass?
Correct answer: No. The statute prohibits using these signals as a courtesy or “do pass” message.
The prescribed turn and movement signals communicate your intended movement. The statute expressly prohibits flashing them as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to drivers approaching from behind.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(e), prohibited courtesy or do-pass use of signals in §1065; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You are about to turn into a driveway, but no other road user is visible. Does that remove the requirement to signal your intended turn?
Correct answer: No. Signal your intention before turning and make the movement safely.
The displayed rule requires warning before changing direction and a signal before a right or left turn; it does not condition that duty on seeing another road user. The safe-movement requirement still applies.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(a)–(b) and §1065(a), advance intention and safe turn; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
Heavy rain and poor visibility make the posted maximum speed unsafe for the conditions. Which speed choice fits Vermont’s basic rule?
Correct answer: Use a reasonable and prudent speed for the actual and potential hazards.
The basic rule requires reasonable and prudent speed for conditions and control sufficient to avoid collisions. A maximum limit is not a guarantee that driving at that number is safe.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1081(a), reasonable and prudent speed and collision avoidance; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You approach a hillcrest that limits your view ahead. Which response fits the reduced-speed rule?
Correct answer: Approach at an appropriately reduced speed for the hazard.
The statute calls for an appropriate reduced speed when approaching the crest of a hill, consistently with the basic prudent-speed rule. A separate warning sign is not a prerequisite.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1081(d), hillcrest and reduced speed consistent with subsection (a); Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
Your slow-moving car is impeding other traffic on a highway. A safe opportunity to pull off the highway becomes available. What should you do?
Correct answer: Pull off at that first opportunity so traffic can pass before you continue.
The displayed Vermont rule requires a motorist impeding traffic to pull off the highway at the first opportunity and allow the traffic to pass before proceeding. It supplies no invented minimum number of following vehicles.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1082, impeding traffic and first pull-off opportunity; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You are on a two-way road wide enough for traffic in both directions. You are not passing, avoiding an obstruction or using a specially designated lane. Where should you drive?
Correct answer: On the right half of the roadway.
The ordinary rule is to travel on the right half. A clear view or smoother surface alone is not one of the listed exceptions.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1031(a): ordinary right-half rule and listed exceptions. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A fallen limb blocks your side of a two-way road. An oncoming car is close enough that moving around the limb would interfere with it. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the oncoming car before using the unobstructed side.
An obstruction may justify going left of center, but it does not give you priority. Yield to traffic properly using the unobstructed side when it is close enough to be an immediate hazard.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1031(a)(2): obstruction exception and immediate-hazard yielding duty. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You are moving slower than the normal traffic flow on a multilane road and are neither passing nor preparing a left turn. Which position does the ordinary rule require?
Correct answer: The available right-hand lane.
Traffic moving below the normal speed for the time, place and conditions belongs in the available right-hand lane or as close as practicable to the right edge. Passing and left-turn preparation are exceptions.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1031(b): slower-than-normal traffic; passing and left-turn exceptions. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You meet an oncoming car on a road only wide enough for one line of vehicles in each direction. How should the usable roadway be shared?
Correct answer: Pass to the right of each other, each giving the other at least half the main-traveled portion as nearly as possible.
Opposing vehicles pass each other to the right. On this narrow-road layout, each driver must give the other at least half the main-traveled portion as nearly as possible.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1032: opposing traffic passes right and shares the main-traveled roadway. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You are lawfully passing a car on its left. Your front bumper has just moved ahead of its front bumper. When may you return to the right side?
Correct answer: Only after you are safely clear of the car you passed.
The rule requires safe clearance before returning right. Getting the front of your car ahead or giving a signal does not establish enough room to merge back safely.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1033(a)(1): safe passing distance and return only when safely clear. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
Another car is passing you on the left where that maneuver is allowed. What should you do while the pass is being completed?
Correct answer: Give way to the right and do not increase your speed until the other car has completely passed.
Except where passing on the right is permitted, the overtaken driver must give way to the right and must not increase speed until completely passed. This paragraph does not make that duty depend on hearing a horn.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1033(a)(2): give way right and do not accelerate until completely passed. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You are preparing to pass a person riding a bicycle on the highway. Which plan matches the vulnerable-user passing rule?
Correct answer: Reduce speed and provide at least four feet of clearance, crossing the center only when the passing rules permit it.
A bicycle operator is a defined vulnerable user. The rule calls for reducing speed and at least four feet of clearance; it does not cancel the restrictions on crossing the center of the highway.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1033(b); 4(81): vulnerable-user due care, at least four feet, and center-crossing limits; definition includes bicycle operators. Definition: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/001/00004, § 4(81). Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A stationary delivery vehicle has its flashing lights on beside your path. How should you pass it under Vermont's rule for this situation?
Correct answer: Reduce speed and increase clearance, with at least four feet recommended, while obeying the limits on crossing the center.
For the specified stationary sanitation, maintenance, utility or delivery vehicles with flashing lights, the statute requires due care and reduced speed but describes four feet as recommended. Center-crossing rules still apply.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1033(c): specified stationary flashing-light vehicles; recommended four-foot clearance and due care. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A car ahead is waiting to turn left. You could get around it only by driving onto the unpaved shoulder. What is the lawful choice?
Correct answer: Wait rather than pass off the pavement or main-traveled roadway.
A left-turning vehicle is one circumstance in which passing on the right may be permitted. It never authorizes passing by driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1034(a)(1), (b): left-turn right-pass allowance does not authorize leaving pavement or main-traveled roadway. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You are considering passing a moving car on its right on a street. Which roadway condition is specifically required for the street-width allowance?
Correct answer: Enough unobstructed pavement for at least two lines of moving vehicles, not space occupied by parked vehicles.
The street-width allowance requires sufficient width for two or more moving lines and unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles. It does not permit using an off-road shoulder to create that width.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1034(a)(2), (b): sufficient unobstructed pavement for two or more moving lines; no off-road passing. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A passing zone is otherwise available, but the opposing lane disappears around a bend before you could complete a pass. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until enough of the opposing lane is visible and clear to finish without interfering with other road users.
Authorization to pass is only one condition. The left side must also be clearly visible and free for enough distance to complete the maneuver without interfering with oncoming or overtaken vehicles or vulnerable users.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1035(a): left-of-center pass requires enough visible, clear distance for completion without interference. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A lawful pass uses a lane normally reserved for opposing traffic. In addition to returning as soon as practicable, what oncoming-clearance limit applies?
Correct answer: Return to an authorized lane before coming within 200 feet of an approaching vehicle or vulnerable user.
The statute requires return as soon as practicable and, when using an opposing lane, before coming within 200 feet of approaching traffic or a vulnerable user. That limit does not excuse starting an unsafe pass.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1035(a): return as soon as practicable and before within 200 feet of approaching traffic. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
