Washington Road Rules Test 4

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Road Rules Test 04

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If a vehicle has an orange and red triangle on the back, what does this mean?

Please pass

Slow-moving

Carrying hazardous materials

Stops frequently

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If an area has restrictions meaning you can only stop for a set time to load/unload passengers or freight, what color will the curb be?

Yellow

White

Red

Blue

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Headlights must always be used from what time after sunset and before sunrise?

45 minutes

1 hour

15 minutes

30 minutes

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You don't have to stop for a school bus coming towards you if...?

You can pass with a larger than 6 foot gap

It is stopped the other side of a divided or multilane highway

You are traveling less than 25 mph

You can't see any children present

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The first thing you should do if your accelerator becomes stuck is what?

Sound your horn

Turn on emergency lights

Look for your emergency way out

Shift into neutral

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If you are driving on an instruction permit, the person accompanying you should be...?

In an accompanying car

Any of these

In the front passenger seat

In the rear seats

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If you are being passed, which of these is the only correct thing to do?

Sound your horn

Accelerate

Change your lane position

Maintain your lane position

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Why should you always move up to within 5 feet of a crosswalk when stopping?

To help elderly people

To help deaf people

To help people in wheelchairs

To help blind people (so they can hear the sound of your vehicle)

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When a peace officer wants to stop you, you should acknowledge their presence by doing what?

Turning on your hazard lights

Waving out of the window

Turning on your right turn signal

Turning on your left turn signal

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If you drift off the edge of the road, how should you recover your position?

Brake hard

Accelerate hard

Ease off the gas and drift slowly back onto the road

Steer sharply back onto the road

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If you have to stop on the freeway, your vehicle should be visible for at least how far in both directions?

100 feet

300 feet

200 feet

150 feet

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A good sign that it is safe to return to your lane having passed another vehicle is when you can see what area of the vehicle in your rearview mirror?

The left rear tyre

The left headlight

Half the radiator grille

Both headlights

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If you have emergency flares or triangles, when you break down you should put them within what distance behind your vehicle?

400-500 feet

300-400 feet

200-300 feet

100-200 feet

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If you need to make a call on a cell phone, you should...?

Slow down

Get in the right-hand lane

Switch on cruise control

Pull over and stop

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As little as how much flowing water can float off smaller vehicles?

12 inches

6 inches

2 inches

16 inches

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You should not make a U-turn unless you can see how far in both directions?

200 feet

50 feet

300 feet

100 feet

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Your horn should only ever be used to...?

Make others move out of your way

Avoid a collision

Express annoyance

Greet friends

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On a three lane highway, if you want to drive slowly you should select the...?

Middle lane

Right lane

Any lane

Left lane

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If you start to skid in poor conditions, what should you do with the steering wheel?

Keep it pointing straight

Turn it away from the direction of the skid

Turn it in the direction of the skid

Let go of it

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Which of these should you not do when approaching a traffic break created by law enforcement?

Pass the patrol vehicle

All of them

Turn emergency flashes

Slowly decrease speed

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Children must be properly secured in a federally approved child passenger restraint system if they are below the age of eight years or are shorter than...?

4’1”

4’7”

4’5”

4’9”

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For violations in highway construction or maintenance zones, fines will be...?

Halved

Doubled

Waived

Trebled

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If you wish to drive more slowly than other traffic, you should keep...?

To the right of the highway

To the centre of the highway

Any of these

To the left of the highway

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If you start hydroplaning, what should you do?

Slowly release the gas pedal

Slowly apply your brakes

Rapidly apply your brakes

Accelerate out of trouble

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If you are involved in a collision, what must you do?

Drive to the nearest police station

Drive on if no one is injured

Stop

Slow down

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