NYS ESCORT DRIVER EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔When you change your address or your name, whom should you notify concerning
your Escort Certificate? - ✔✔Notify the DMV within 10 days. Send your certificate # your
former address/name and your new address/name to:
Bus and Vehicle Escort Driver Certification Unit
DMV
Room 220C
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 1228
✔✔Are you required to take another test when you apply for renewal of your escort
certificate? - ✔✔If you do not renew your certification within 2 years of the expiration
date you will be required to retake and pass the the written test prior to being recertified.
✔✔Name two conditions which may lead to the revocation or suspension of your escort
certificate? - ✔✔- Your certificate is not valid if your driver license or privilege is
revoked,or suspended in the issuing jurisdiction or if you have lost driving privileges in
NYS.
- You are convicted of violating traffic laws and safe escort procedures.
- You become physically or mentally unable to drive
- You are found to have given false or fraudulent information on the application for
certification.
✔✔As an escort driver you are required to obey some, but not all of the road markings,
signs and signals? - ✔✔NO. Escort drivers are required to follow all road markings,
signs and signals.
✔✔Why is defensive driving important to escort drivers? - ✔✔To prevent hazards and
accidents.
✔✔Are special hauling permits issued to overdimensional load operators and to every
escort driver involved in the movement of the overdimensional load? - ✔✔NO. A special
hauling permit is only issued to the vehicle transporting the oversize/overweight load.
✔✔Overdimensional loads with a width exceeding 12 feet may be transported on
Saturday mornings between the hours of 9am and noon? - ✔✔NO. Special hauling
permits DO NOT allow movements on Saturdays, Sundays or major holidays.
✔✔Are escort drivers required to display on their vehicles red flags 18 inches square
and in good condition? - ✔✔NO. Flags or required to be securely fastened on the
vehicle or load.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔When you change your address or your name, whom should you notify concerning
your Escort Certificate? - ✔✔Notify the DMV within 10 days. Send your certificate # your
former address/name and your new address/name to:
Bus and Vehicle Escort Driver Certification Unit
DMV
Room 220C
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 1228
✔✔Are you required to take another test when you apply for renewal of your escort
certificate? - ✔✔If you do not renew your certification within 2 years of the expiration
date you will be required to retake and pass the the written test prior to being recertified.
✔✔Name two conditions which may lead to the revocation or suspension of your escort
certificate? - ✔✔- Your certificate is not valid if your driver license or privilege is
revoked,or suspended in the issuing jurisdiction or if you have lost driving privileges in
NYS.
- You are convicted of violating traffic laws and safe escort procedures.
- You become physically or mentally unable to drive
- You are found to have given false or fraudulent information on the application for
certification.
✔✔As an escort driver you are required to obey some, but not all of the road markings,
signs and signals? - ✔✔NO. Escort drivers are required to follow all road markings,
signs and signals.
✔✔Why is defensive driving important to escort drivers? - ✔✔To prevent hazards and
accidents.
✔✔Are special hauling permits issued to overdimensional load operators and to every
escort driver involved in the movement of the overdimensional load? - ✔✔NO. A special
hauling permit is only issued to the vehicle transporting the oversize/overweight load.
✔✔Overdimensional loads with a width exceeding 12 feet may be transported on
Saturday mornings between the hours of 9am and noon? - ✔✔NO. Special hauling
permits DO NOT allow movements on Saturdays, Sundays or major holidays.
✔✔Are escort drivers required to display on their vehicles red flags 18 inches square
and in good condition? - ✔✔NO. Flags or required to be securely fastened on the
vehicle or load.
