NYS ESCORT DRIVER TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pre-Trip Meeting - ✔✔Necessity for a meeting to review the permit, route,
paperwork, and communication devices before the load's movement
✔✔Contingency Plans - ✔✔Preparation for encountering obstacles or wrong turns
during the movement
✔✔Vehicle Positioning/Pull Over Area - ✔✔Identification of the area for reviewing
expectations, identifying risks, and emergency equipment
✔✔Escort Vehicle Purpose - ✔✔To facilitate the safer movement of overdimensional
loads
✔✔Escort Driver Responsibilities - ✔✔Obligation to adhere to traffic laws, speed limits,
and permit regulations
✔✔Permit Specifications - ✔✔Inclusion of specified speed in addition to the route for
the load's travel
✔✔Front Escort Alertness - ✔✔Need to be vigilant of approaching vehicles,
obstructions, and low-hanging obstacles
✔✔Road Edge Monitoring - ✔✔Observation for soft shoulders, debris, and narrowing
lanes
✔✔Rear Escort Responsibilities - ✔✔Checking height clearance and providing warnings
to approaching traffic from the rear
✔✔Emergency Flashers Usage - ✔✔Requirement to use when stopped, slowing at a
traffic hazard, or traveling less than 30 miles per hour
✔✔Distance Maintenance - ✔✔Necessity to maintain a 3-4 second distance between
the rear escort vehicle and the load
✔✔Load Width - ✔✔Measurement of the distance between the outermost points of the
load
✔✔Load Length - ✔✔Inclusive measurement of any projecting part of the load from the
front or rear and load holding devices
✔✔Load Height - ✔✔Inclusive measurement of the load, load holding devices, and skid
boards
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pre-Trip Meeting - ✔✔Necessity for a meeting to review the permit, route,
paperwork, and communication devices before the load's movement
✔✔Contingency Plans - ✔✔Preparation for encountering obstacles or wrong turns
during the movement
✔✔Vehicle Positioning/Pull Over Area - ✔✔Identification of the area for reviewing
expectations, identifying risks, and emergency equipment
✔✔Escort Vehicle Purpose - ✔✔To facilitate the safer movement of overdimensional
loads
✔✔Escort Driver Responsibilities - ✔✔Obligation to adhere to traffic laws, speed limits,
and permit regulations
✔✔Permit Specifications - ✔✔Inclusion of specified speed in addition to the route for
the load's travel
✔✔Front Escort Alertness - ✔✔Need to be vigilant of approaching vehicles,
obstructions, and low-hanging obstacles
✔✔Road Edge Monitoring - ✔✔Observation for soft shoulders, debris, and narrowing
lanes
✔✔Rear Escort Responsibilities - ✔✔Checking height clearance and providing warnings
to approaching traffic from the rear
✔✔Emergency Flashers Usage - ✔✔Requirement to use when stopped, slowing at a
traffic hazard, or traveling less than 30 miles per hour
✔✔Distance Maintenance - ✔✔Necessity to maintain a 3-4 second distance between
the rear escort vehicle and the load
✔✔Load Width - ✔✔Measurement of the distance between the outermost points of the
load
✔✔Load Length - ✔✔Inclusive measurement of any projecting part of the load from the
front or rear and load holding devices
✔✔Load Height - ✔✔Inclusive measurement of the load, load holding devices, and skid
boards
