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What is the difference between the traffic code and the penal code? - Answer- There
are no required culpable mental states for traffic code.
What is the difference between a motorcycle and a motor driven cycle? - Answer- A
motor driven cycle engine has a piston displacement of 250 cubic centimeters or less
What is the determining factor between a passenger vehicle and a bus? - Answer- A
bus holds MORE than 10 people including the driver.
Describe the three types of trailers. - Answer- Trailer: attaches to the bumper, no weight
placed on the vehicle
Semi Trailer: Half rests on the vehicle.
Pole Trailer: Used to transport unusual loads
Special mobile equipment - Answer- A vehicle that is not designed or used primarily to
transport persons or property and that is only incidentally operated on a highway.
Think construction equipment not including house trailer, dump truck, truck-mounted
transit mixer, crane, and shovel
Traffic - Answer- Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, and conveyances, including
vehicles and streetcars, singly or together while using a highway for the purposes of
travel.
Highway - Answer- The width between the boundary lines of a publicly maintained way
any part of which is open to the public for vehicular travel.
Includes the sidewalk, and anything maintained by the government
Roadway - Answer- The portion of a highway, other than the shoulder, that is improved,
designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a highway includes at least two
separate roadways, the term applies to each roadway separately.
Daytime - Answer- The period beginning one-half hour before sunrise and ending one-
half hour after sunset
Nighttime - Answer- The period beginning one-half hour after sunset and ending one-
half hour before sunrise.
, How do you distinguish between a sidewalk and a crosswalk when there are no
markings? - Answer- When two roads meet, it's a crosswalk. When a private road meets
a road it's a sidewalk.
Stop - Answer- To completely cease movement
Litter - Answer- Anything that isn't water, body waste, or ash
What can the commissioner do within 50ft of a highway? - Answer- Prohibit
accumulation of 30 days of litter on private property, even when it's not theirs.
If you refuse they'll come clean it and you have to pay the cleaning costs.
Freeway - Answer- Divided, controlled-access highway for through traffic.
What is the minimum age to get a driver's licence? - Answer- 15 years old
At what age can you enroll in driver's ed? - Answer- 14 years old, but you may not
operate a vehicle until you are 15
How old do you have to be get a Class A or B license? - Answer- 17 years old
How old do you have to be to get a commercial A or B license? - Answer- 18 years old.
Must have a educational course
What is the difference between a class A and class B license? - Answer- Class A: The
trailer weighs over 10,000 lb and the whole thing weighs over 26,001 lb
Class B: The trailer plus the vehicle weighs over 26,001 lb or a bus with over 24
passengers
How long do new residents have to get a Texas DL? - Answer- 90 days
How long do you have to update a name or address change? - Answer- 30 days
What is not considered a valid address? - Answer- A post office box, unless you are a
victim of stalking
When can you get a hardship license? - Answer- 15 years or older and
1. Not having would result in economic hardship
2. Necessary due to illness in the family
3. Need for enrollment in vocational education program
What are the different ways a driver's license can be invalid? - Answer- Canceled,
Suspended, Revoked, Denied