Washington Road Rules Test 4

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Road Rules Test 04

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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?

300 feet

150 feet

200 feet

100 feet

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

To help deaf people

To help elderly people

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

To help people in wheelchairs

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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...?

4’7”

4’5”

4’9”

4’1”

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

Turn emergency flashes

Slowly decrease speed

All of them

Pass the patrol vehicle

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

Any lane

Middle lane

Left lane

Right lane

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

Accelerate

Maintain your lane position

Sound your horn

Change your lane position

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

In the rear seats

Any of these

In the front passenger seat

In an accompanying car

8 / 25

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

Waived

Doubled

Halved

Trebled

9 / 25

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?

Blue

Red

White

Yellow

10 / 25

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

6 inches

12 inches

2 inches

16 inches

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If you start hydroplaning, what should you do?

Rapidly apply your brakes

Accelerate out of trouble

Slowly release the gas pedal

Slowly apply your brakes

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

Drive on if no one is injured

Drive to the nearest police station

Slow down

Stop

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

Stops frequently

Please pass

Slow-moving

Carrying hazardous materials

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

Turning on your left turn signal

Waving out of the window

Turning on your right turn signal

Turning on your hazard lights

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

Shift into neutral

Sound your horn

Look for your emergency way out

Turn on emergency lights

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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 headlight

Both headlights

The left rear tyre

Half the radiator grille

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

Any of these

To the right of the highway

To the left of the highway

To the centre of the highway

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

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

You can pass with a larger than 6 foot gap

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

Pull over and stop

Slow down

Switch on cruise control

Get in the right-hand lane

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

30 minutes

1 hour

15 minutes

45 minutes

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

Turn it in the direction of the skid

Let go of it

Keep it pointing straight

Turn it away from the direction of the skid

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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?

100-200 feet

400-500 feet

300-400 feet

200-300 feet

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

Avoid a collision

Make others move out of your way

Express annoyance

Greet friends

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

Accelerate hard

Ease off the gas and drift slowly back onto the road

Steer sharply back onto the road

Brake hard

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

100 feet

50 feet

300 feet

200 feet

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