You are following a moving car toward a hillcrest on a two-way road, and the crest obstructs your view. There is no roadway obstruction or vehicle turning left into a private entrance. May you pass the car from behind?
Correct answer: No; the obstructed-view crest makes this passing maneuver prohibited.
The stated circumstances fall under the ban on passing from the rear when approaching or on a crest where the view is obstructed. The statute's one-way, roadway-obstruction and specified left-turn exceptions are not present.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1035(b)(1), (c): obstructed-view crest restriction 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. ↗
Clearly visible signs mark a no-passing zone. You want to cross the center simply to overtake a slower moving car; no obstruction or private-entrance left turn is involved. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain on your side and wait for a place where the pass is permitted and safe.
The posted restriction applies to this ordinary overtaking maneuver. The obstruction and specified private-entrance left-turn exceptions do not turn a slow moving vehicle into permission to pass.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1036(a)–(c): signed no-passing zone; obstruction and specified 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 want to move into an adjacent marked lane. What must be established before you leave your lane?
Correct answer: That the movement can be made safely.
On marked-lane roadways, keep within one lane as nearly as practicable and determine that the movement is safe before leaving it. A signal does not replace that safety check.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1038(1): single-lane travel and ascertain safety before leaving lane. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A two-way road has three marked lanes. The center lane is not assigned exclusively to your direction. You are not passing or preparing a left turn. May you use it as your regular through lane?
Correct answer: No; the unallocated center lane is not available for ordinary through travel in that situation.
The center lane is limited to a safely available same-direction pass, left-turn preparation, or officially designated exclusive use by traffic in your direction. None of those circumstances is present.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1038(2): restricted center-lane uses on a three-lane two-way roadway. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
Traffic is moving at the same speed as before, but the road surface and visibility have deteriorated. How should you judge your following gap?
Correct answer: Reassess whether the gap is reasonable and prudent for the changed conditions, not just the unchanged speed.
The following rule considers speed, traffic and highway conditions together. An unchanged speed does not mean that a gap remains reasonable and prudent after conditions worsen.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1039(a): reasonable and prudent following distance considering speed, traffic and highway conditions. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
Outside a business or residential district, you are following another vehicle and conditions permit a larger gap. What space must you leave for a vehicle overtaking from behind?
Correct answer: Enough for it to enter and occupy the gap without danger.
This provision applies to any following vehicle outside the named districts when conditions permit. Leave enough space for an overtaking vehicle to enter safely; it is not a rule limited to trucks.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1039(b): outside business or residential districts, entry space when conditions permit. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You miss a turn on a divided highway. A gap in traffic would let you drive across the grass dividing strip, but there is no established crossover there. What should you do?
Correct answer: Continue to an established, permitted place to change your route.
A dividing space is not an ordinary crossing route. The statute permits established openings or crossovers unless prohibited by public authority, not an improvised shortcut across the divider.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1040: divider prohibition; established openings subject to public restrictions. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A service track appears to connect a nearby parking area directly to a controlled-access roadway, but it is not an established public entrance. May you use it to join the roadway?
Correct answer: No; use an entrance established by public authority.
Access is limited to entrances and exits established by public authority. Physical space or an apparently safe traffic gap does not make an unofficial connection an authorized entrance.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1041: use only entrances and exits established by public authority. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You and a car on your right approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at approximately the same time. Neither road has priority controls, and no officer is directing traffic. Who must yield?
Correct answer: You must yield to the car on your right.
Under these stated conditions, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. Through-highway rules and officer directions can modify the ordinary rule, so they are excluded from this scenario.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1046(a)–(b): approximately simultaneous arrival; through-highway and officer modifications. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You intend to turn left into a driveway. An oncoming car is close enough that your turn would create an immediate hazard. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield and wait for a safe opportunity to turn.
The left-turn yielding duty applies at intersections and at alleys, private roads and driveways. A signal does not transfer priority over an opposing vehicle that presents an immediate hazard.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1047(a): left-turn yielding to opposing vehicles in intersection or constituting immediate hazard. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
At a stop-sign intersection there is no marked stop line, but there is a crosswalk on the near side. No officer or signal directs you to proceed. Where must your initial stop be made?
Correct answer: Before entering the near-side crosswalk.
The stop sequence is the marked stop line, or if absent, before the near-side crosswalk. Only when neither exists does the statute use the nearest point with a view of intersecting traffic before entering.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1048(b): stop at marked line; if none before near crosswalk; if neither at nearest viewing point before entry. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You have made a complete stop at a stop sign. A vehicle on the crossing highway is close enough to be an immediate hazard while you cross. What does your stop entitle you to do?
Correct answer: Nothing that overrides the hazard; remain stopped and yield until you can proceed safely.
A complete stop does not end the duty to yield. You must also yield to vehicles already in the intersection or approaching closely enough to be an immediate hazard during your movement.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1048(b): post-stop yielding to vehicles in intersection or approaching as immediate hazard. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
You approach a yield sign. After slowing, you can see that entering now would conflict with a car already in the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop as needed and yield rather than continue into the conflict.
A yield sign requires reasonable slowing and a stop when safety requires it. Slowing alone does not remove the duty to yield to a vehicle in the intersection or an approaching immediate hazard.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1048(c): reasonable slowing, stop when safety requires, and yielding to immediate hazards. 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 leaving a private driveway to enter a highway. A car is approaching on the highway. Which priority rule applies?
Correct answer: You must yield to the approaching highway traffic.
The special private-entry rule requires yielding to vehicles and vulnerable users approaching on the highway. It is not the simultaneous-arrival rule for two ordinary intersecting highways.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1049: private-road, alley, building or driveway entry; approaching highway traffic priority. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A law enforcement vehicle approaches displaying its blue signal lamp, but you do not hear a siren. What should you do?
Correct answer: Pull to the right of the traffic lane and come to a complete stop until it has passed.
The police-vehicle trigger is a siren or the specified blue or blue-and-white lamp, or both. The required response is to pull right and stop until the vehicle passes; it is not conditional on hearing a siren too.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1050(a): approaching police vehicle with siren or blue/blue-and-white lamp; right and full stop. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
On a multilane highway, you approach a stationary tow truck displaying an amber signal lamp on the shoulder next to your lane. Traffic prevents a safe move into the farther lane. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain in your lane, proceed cautiously and slow to a reasonable, safe and prudent speed for the circumstances.
A farther-lane move is required on a multilane highway when safety conditions permit. If you must remain adjacent, the statute instead requires slowing to a reasonable, safe and prudent speed, considering conditions and the posted limit.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1050(b): stationary tow/repair amber lamp; safe multilane move-over and adjacent-lane speed duty. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
In a properly designated work zone, workers are present only beside the right side of a multilane highway. A safe lane change to the farther lane is available and no control directs otherwise. Which response fits the rule?
Correct answer: Use the farther lane, proceed cautiously and slow to a reasonable, safe and prudent speed.
The work-zone provision requires caution and appropriate slowing. When workers are on only one side of a multilane highway and conditions allow, remain in or move to a lane farther from them.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1050(c): properly designated work zone; workers one side, safer farther lane when permitted by conditions. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
A vehicle authorized by the road authority is obviously and actually performing maintenance on the highway and displays the required flashing lights. What priority must you give it?
Correct answer: Yield the right of way to the working maintenance vehicle.
The provision requires yielding to an authorized maintenance vehicle that is obviously and actually engaged in highway work with the required flashing lights. It is not a blanket priority rule for every vehicle carrying a flashing lamp.
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1050a(a)–(b): authorized highway-maintenance vehicle actually working with required flashing lights. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗
At a marked crosswalk with no operating traffic signal or pedestrian overpass or tunnel, someone is already crossing the roadway. How should you respond?
Correct answer: Yield, slowing or stopping as necessary.
The crosswalk provision requires a driver to yield, slowing or stopping if necessary, when traffic-control signals are not operating. It does not make a crossing guard a prerequisite. This scenario excludes the separately stated tunnel or overhead-crossing condition.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1051, (a), Pedestrians’ right of way in crosswalks; §1052(b), tunnel/overhead-crossing condition; Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗
A car ahead is stopped at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to let a pedestrian cross. May you overtake and pass that car while the pedestrian crosses?
Correct answer: No. The no-passing rule also covers an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
A driver approaching from behind may not overtake and pass a vehicle stopped to permit a pedestrian to cross at either a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1051, (c), vehicle stopped to permit a pedestrian crossing; Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗
