Sharing the Road
Pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, large vehicles, and emergency vehicles.
Sharing the Road rules in California follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the California driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Sharing the Road questions, California edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- You are driving alongside a large truck and cannot see the truck's side mirrors from your seat. What does this tell you? →
- Compared to a passenger car at 55 mph, how much farther can a large vehicle need to come to a full stop? →
- When you overtake a large vehicle on the highway, on which side does the manual tell you to pass? →
- A siren and lights appear behind you while you are already in the middle of an intersection. What does the manual tell you to do? →
- A vehicle ahead shows an orange and red triangle on its back. What does the marker tell you? →
- At night, a bicycle's white front lamp must be visible from at least what distance? →
- Along with emergency vehicles, which stopped vehicle triggers the Move Over and Slow Down law? →
- A school bus ahead is stopped with its red lights flashing. On an undivided road, what must you do? →
- On a divided highway with four or more lanes going in one direction, in which lanes may a large vehicle be driven? →
- Before opening your door on the traffic side of a parked vehicle, the manual tells you to check for what? →
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