TCOLE Traffic & Transportation Code
Questions and Answers
1.Authorized Emergency Vehicle
Answer -a fire department or police vehicle
-a public or private ambulance operated by a person who has been issued
a license by the Texas Department of Health
-a private vehicle of a volunteer firefighter/EMS when responding to
emergency
-a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue bank
-vehicle used for law enforcement purposes that is owned or leased by a
federal government entity.
2.Bicycle
Answer a device that a person may ride, propelled by human power, and
has two tandem wheels at least one of which is more than 14 inches in
diameter.
3.Bus
Answer -a motor vehicle used to transport persons and designed to
accommodate more than 10 passengers, including the operator
-a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used to transport
persons for compensation.
,4.Farm Tractor
Answer designed and used primarily as a farm implement to draw
an implement of husbandry, including a plow or a mowing machine.
5.House Trailer
Answer a trailer or semitrailer, other than a towable recreational
vehicle, that
-is transportable on a highway in one or more sections
-is less than 40 feet in length, excluding tow bar, while in the traveling
mode
-is built on a permanent chassis
-is designed to be used as a dwelling or for commercial purposes if
connected to required utilities
-includes life support systems
6.Implement Of Husbandry
Answer a vehicle, other than a passenger car or truck, that is designed
and adapted for use as a farm implement, machinery, or tool for tilling
the soil.
7.Light truck
Answer a truck, including a pickup truck, panel delivery truck, or carryall
truck, that has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of 2,000
pounds or less.
, 8.Moped
Answer a motor-driven cycle that cannot attain a speed in one mile of
more than 30 miles per hour and the engine of which
-cannot produce more than two-brake horsepower; and
-if an internal combustion engine, has a piston displacement of 50 cubic
centimeters or less
-connects to a power drive system that does not require the operator to
shift gears.
9.Motorcycle
Answer a motor vehicle that is equipped with a rider's saddle and
designed to have not more than three wheels on the ground.
10.Motor-Driven Cycle
Answer a motorcycle equipped with a motor that has an engine piston
displacement of 250 cubic centimeters or less.
11.Motor Vehicle
Answer a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle that is propelled by electric
power from overhead trolley wires. Does not include electric bicycle.
12.Mulitfunction school activity bus
Answer a motor vehicle used to transport prepri- mary, primary, or
secondary students on a school-related activity trip other than on
Questions and Answers
1.Authorized Emergency Vehicle
Answer -a fire department or police vehicle
-a public or private ambulance operated by a person who has been issued
a license by the Texas Department of Health
-a private vehicle of a volunteer firefighter/EMS when responding to
emergency
-a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue bank
-vehicle used for law enforcement purposes that is owned or leased by a
federal government entity.
2.Bicycle
Answer a device that a person may ride, propelled by human power, and
has two tandem wheels at least one of which is more than 14 inches in
diameter.
3.Bus
Answer -a motor vehicle used to transport persons and designed to
accommodate more than 10 passengers, including the operator
-a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used to transport
persons for compensation.
,4.Farm Tractor
Answer designed and used primarily as a farm implement to draw
an implement of husbandry, including a plow or a mowing machine.
5.House Trailer
Answer a trailer or semitrailer, other than a towable recreational
vehicle, that
-is transportable on a highway in one or more sections
-is less than 40 feet in length, excluding tow bar, while in the traveling
mode
-is built on a permanent chassis
-is designed to be used as a dwelling or for commercial purposes if
connected to required utilities
-includes life support systems
6.Implement Of Husbandry
Answer a vehicle, other than a passenger car or truck, that is designed
and adapted for use as a farm implement, machinery, or tool for tilling
the soil.
7.Light truck
Answer a truck, including a pickup truck, panel delivery truck, or carryall
truck, that has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of 2,000
pounds or less.
, 8.Moped
Answer a motor-driven cycle that cannot attain a speed in one mile of
more than 30 miles per hour and the engine of which
-cannot produce more than two-brake horsepower; and
-if an internal combustion engine, has a piston displacement of 50 cubic
centimeters or less
-connects to a power drive system that does not require the operator to
shift gears.
9.Motorcycle
Answer a motor vehicle that is equipped with a rider's saddle and
designed to have not more than three wheels on the ground.
10.Motor-Driven Cycle
Answer a motorcycle equipped with a motor that has an engine piston
displacement of 250 cubic centimeters or less.
11.Motor Vehicle
Answer a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle that is propelled by electric
power from overhead trolley wires. Does not include electric bicycle.
12.Mulitfunction school activity bus
Answer a motor vehicle used to transport prepri- mary, primary, or
secondary students on a school-related activity trip other than on
