NYS ESCORT DRIVER STUDY ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ Escort drivers are required to obey:
Answer: All traffic laws and permit regulations.
◉ The position of each escort vehicle (ahead or following the load)
should be determined:
Answer: Prior to the movement of an over-dimensional load.
◉ Is it permissible to use emergency flashers during escort
operations if the average speed of the movement is 45 miles per
hour?
Answer: No
◉ Should the escort driver ever permit a motorist to overtake and
pass an over-dimensional load on a narrow road?
Answer: Yes
◉ The over-dimensional load driver has radioed the rear escort
driver of his intentions to pass a slow-moving farm tractor. Assume
there are no oncoming vehicles and the sight distance ahead is
, sufficient for safe passing maneuvers. Before the load driver begins
to pass the tractor, the rear escort driver should:
Answer: Signal intentions to pass and move into the passing lane
before the load driver initiates the pass.
◉ When traffic following the escort vehicle and load exceeds 6
vehicles, the load and escort vehicles should be safely and
completely removed from the roadway to allow traffic to pass. T/F
Answer: True
◉ Due to mechanical problems, an over-dimensional load operator
is forced to stop on a narrow two-lane highway with part of the load
extending onto the roadway. As a minimum precaution, the escort
should:
Answer: Remove their vehicles from the roadway, turn on their
emergency flashers, and set out warning flares, torches, or
reflectorized triangular warning signals.
◉ As the front escort driver traveling on a two-lane highway, you
approach a school bus traveling the opposite direction that has
stopped to pick up several children. The flashing red lights on the
bus mean that you should:
Answer: Stop and radio the load operator of the hazard ahead.
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ Escort drivers are required to obey:
Answer: All traffic laws and permit regulations.
◉ The position of each escort vehicle (ahead or following the load)
should be determined:
Answer: Prior to the movement of an over-dimensional load.
◉ Is it permissible to use emergency flashers during escort
operations if the average speed of the movement is 45 miles per
hour?
Answer: No
◉ Should the escort driver ever permit a motorist to overtake and
pass an over-dimensional load on a narrow road?
Answer: Yes
◉ The over-dimensional load driver has radioed the rear escort
driver of his intentions to pass a slow-moving farm tractor. Assume
there are no oncoming vehicles and the sight distance ahead is
, sufficient for safe passing maneuvers. Before the load driver begins
to pass the tractor, the rear escort driver should:
Answer: Signal intentions to pass and move into the passing lane
before the load driver initiates the pass.
◉ When traffic following the escort vehicle and load exceeds 6
vehicles, the load and escort vehicles should be safely and
completely removed from the roadway to allow traffic to pass. T/F
Answer: True
◉ Due to mechanical problems, an over-dimensional load operator
is forced to stop on a narrow two-lane highway with part of the load
extending onto the roadway. As a minimum precaution, the escort
should:
Answer: Remove their vehicles from the roadway, turn on their
emergency flashers, and set out warning flares, torches, or
reflectorized triangular warning signals.
◉ As the front escort driver traveling on a two-lane highway, you
approach a school bus traveling the opposite direction that has
stopped to pick up several children. The flashing red lights on the
bus mean that you should:
Answer: Stop and radio the load operator of the hazard ahead.
