MISSOURI CLASS E DRIVERS LICENSE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔To make sure the surface you are moving onto will hold the weight of your vehicle,
be wary of... - ✔✔1) Parking lots
2) Unpaved roads or parking areas, especially when wet
3) Construction areas
✔✔Your acceleration rate varies with... - ✔✔The weight of your vehicle
✔✔Your time to cross the road is affected by... - ✔✔The length of your vehicle
✔✔In a long or heavily weighted vehicle, you will need a larger gap to cross the road... -
✔✔than you would in a car
✔✔ The maximum height of any vehicle outside of a commercial zone on designated
highways plus 10 miles therefrom - ✔✔14 feet
✔✔The maximum height of any vehicle in a commercial zone - ✔✔15 feet
, ✔✔The maximum height on all other highways - ✔✔13 1/2 feet
✔✔Maximum width of any vehicle - ✔✔8 1/2 feet
✔✔Capacity to be a commercial zone - ✔✔Commercial zones exist only in cities with a
population of 75,000 or more.
✔✔Commercial zone - ✔✔The commercial zone is one mile beyond the city limits, plus
one mile for every 50,000 residents or portion thereof, except for a few cities.
✔✔The commercial zone for St. Louis - ✔✔Extends 18 miles beyond the city limits.
✔✔The commercial zone for Kansas City - ✔✔Extends 12 miles beyond the city limits
and includes the city of Herrisonville.
✔✔The commerical zones for Springfield, St. Joseph, and Columbia - ✔✔Extend only 2
miles beyond the city limits.
✔✔Maximum length for any single vehicle - ✔✔45 feet
✔✔Maximum length for any bus or trackless trolley coach not including one foot in front
and back for safety bumper - ✔✔45 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor and semi-trailer upon interstates and certain
designated highways the length of the semi-trailer (no overall maximum length, includes
load). - ✔✔53 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor and semi-trailer upon all other roads - ✔✔60 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer combinations (double
bottoms) upon interstates and certain designated highways the length of the semi-trailer
(no overall maximum length) - ✔✔28 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer combinations (double
bottoms) upon all other roads - ✔✔65 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck and trailer(s) and all other combinations of vehicles upon
interstates and certain primary highways - ✔✔65 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck and trailer(s) and all other combinations of vehicles upon
all other roads - ✔✔55 feet
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔To make sure the surface you are moving onto will hold the weight of your vehicle,
be wary of... - ✔✔1) Parking lots
2) Unpaved roads or parking areas, especially when wet
3) Construction areas
✔✔Your acceleration rate varies with... - ✔✔The weight of your vehicle
✔✔Your time to cross the road is affected by... - ✔✔The length of your vehicle
✔✔In a long or heavily weighted vehicle, you will need a larger gap to cross the road... -
✔✔than you would in a car
✔✔ The maximum height of any vehicle outside of a commercial zone on designated
highways plus 10 miles therefrom - ✔✔14 feet
✔✔The maximum height of any vehicle in a commercial zone - ✔✔15 feet
, ✔✔The maximum height on all other highways - ✔✔13 1/2 feet
✔✔Maximum width of any vehicle - ✔✔8 1/2 feet
✔✔Capacity to be a commercial zone - ✔✔Commercial zones exist only in cities with a
population of 75,000 or more.
✔✔Commercial zone - ✔✔The commercial zone is one mile beyond the city limits, plus
one mile for every 50,000 residents or portion thereof, except for a few cities.
✔✔The commercial zone for St. Louis - ✔✔Extends 18 miles beyond the city limits.
✔✔The commercial zone for Kansas City - ✔✔Extends 12 miles beyond the city limits
and includes the city of Herrisonville.
✔✔The commerical zones for Springfield, St. Joseph, and Columbia - ✔✔Extend only 2
miles beyond the city limits.
✔✔Maximum length for any single vehicle - ✔✔45 feet
✔✔Maximum length for any bus or trackless trolley coach not including one foot in front
and back for safety bumper - ✔✔45 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor and semi-trailer upon interstates and certain
designated highways the length of the semi-trailer (no overall maximum length, includes
load). - ✔✔53 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor and semi-trailer upon all other roads - ✔✔60 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer combinations (double
bottoms) upon interstates and certain designated highways the length of the semi-trailer
(no overall maximum length) - ✔✔28 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer combinations (double
bottoms) upon all other roads - ✔✔65 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck and trailer(s) and all other combinations of vehicles upon
interstates and certain primary highways - ✔✔65 feet
✔✔Maximum length of truck and trailer(s) and all other combinations of vehicles upon
all other roads - ✔✔55 feet
