Tennessee Permit Test QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 3
Solid white line - ✔✔indicates the right edge of the traffic lane on a road Solid or broken
yellow line - ✔✔Indicates left edge of traffic lanes going in YOUR direction How do you
know you are going the wrong way? - ✔✔If you have yellow on your right and white on your
left On a divided highway- - ✔✔the side of the roadway to the left of the driver and nearest
the median always has a yellow line The right side of the roadway- - ✔✔always has a white
line Yellow lines - ✔✔separate traffic moving in opposite directions Yellow lines also -
✔✔mark a boundary or barrier of the travel path at the location of a particular hazard
Broken yellow lines - ✔✔You may cross the line if there is no uncoming traffic and it is safe
to do so Two solid yellow lines - ✔✔You may not cross the lines from either direction
Exception of two solid yellow lines - ✔✔To turn into a driveway or side road if safe One
solid/one broken yellow line - ✔✔May pass if broken is on your side, may not cross if solid
is on your side Broken white lines - ✔✔May cross lines to pass or change lanes One solid
white line - ✔✔Stay in your lane unless emergency Double solid white line - ✔✔Do not
cross Crosswalks - ✔✔White lines across road to indicate pedestrian cross Pedestrians in
or about to enter crosswalk or street - ✔✔Yield right of way to them White stop lines -
✔✔Indicate vehicle stopping position No stop lines - ✔✔stop vehicle before crossing first
line of crosswalk Neither stop nor crosswalk lines - ✔✔Stop vehicle before white edge line
of cross street so as not to protrude Diamond-shaped markings in center of lane - ✔✔HOV
Lanes Turn lane arrow marked "only" - ✔✔You must turn in the direction of the arrow Turn
lane arrow marked with curved and straight arrow - ✔✔Turn in the direction of the arrow or
go straight Double or triple turn lane arrows - ✔✔More than one movement permitted
Single arrow turn lane arrow - ✔✔Only one movement allowed White crossbuck with RR -
✔✔A warning marker for many railroad/highway grade crossings Half of all vehicle crashes
occur within this radius of home - ✔✔25 miles Yield to other drivers to avoid - ✔✔a crash
When to obey traffic officers - ✔✔At all times If an officer instructs you in violation of traffic
regulations - ✔✔Obey Traveling on downgrade - ✔✔DO NOT coast with transmission in
neutral Manual transmission vehicle drivers - ✔✔Do not coast with clutch depressed
Required night use of headlights - ✔✔30 minutes AFTER SUNSET until 30 minutes BEFORE
SUNRISE Required daylight use of headlights - ✔✔When daylight is not good enough to see
persons or vehicles at a distance of 200 feet ahead Required inclement weather use of
headlights - ✔✔When rain, mist, snow, or other precipitation requires constant use of
windshield wipers When using windshield wipers - ✔✔use headlights When vehicle high
, beam headlights are on - ✔✔dim or lower beam when oncoming vehicle/following vehicle
within 500 feet (one city block) Glare from your headlights in a rear view mirror can -
✔✔blind another driver including a motercyclist vehicle stopped or parked on road or
shoulder must turn on - ✔✔parking lights when limited visibility conditions exist Do not
drive vehicle with only parking lights on when - ✔✔driving at night or in inclement weather
Small size of paring lights might cause - ✔✔other drivers think your vehicle is farther away
than it actually is Limited visibility - ✔✔use of parking lights alone is illegal Illegal to have
auxiliary lights or fog lights by themselves when - ✔✔you are required to dim high beam
headlights colors allowed for steady-burning lights displayed to front of vehicle - ✔✔white
and amber vehicles cannot be equipped with these lights - ✔✔flashing colors or
combination of colors other than factory installed emergency flashers Vehicles
transporting litter - ✔✔must be in an enclosed space or fully covered by tarpaulin Litter -
✔✔cigarette butts, food sacks, tobacco products, papers, cans, bottles or disposing any
other material from vehicles Fines for littering - ✔✔$50-$3,000 Amount of public service
required for littering - ✔✔40 hours and up to 8 additional hours working in waste recycling
center Illegal to driver slower than - ✔✔the posted minimum speed under normal driving
conditions Exceptions for slow driving - ✔✔bad weather, heavy traffic, or bad road If no
posted minimum speed, illegal to - ✔✔drive so slowly that you block traffic Slow-moving
vehicle parameter - ✔✔10 mph or more below lawful maximum speed If 5 or more vehicles
are lined up behind you because you're too slow - ✔✔Turn or pull off the roadway as soon
as safe Funeral procession - ✔✔Pull to the side of the roadway as a sign of respect
Following a funeral procession on two-lane roadway - ✔✔May not attempt to pass such
procession Do not drive between vehicles in properly identified funeral procession except -
✔✔when directed to do so by a traffic officer Basic Speed Rule (BSR) - ✔✔The speed you
may drive is limited by current conditions Unless otherwise posted, speed limit on primary,
secondary, and federal highways - ✔✔55 mph Adjust your speed to - ✔✔flow along with
the speed at which other traffic is moving if they are traveling within posted speed limit
Maximum speed set for interstate highways - ✔✔70 mph Maximum speed limit should only
be driven in - ✔✔ideal driving conditions Reduce speed for these conditions - ✔✔curves,
roadway is slippery during rain, snow, or ice, when it is foggy and difficult to see clearly
Interstates may have 55 mph speed limit in - ✔✔some larger urban areas where there is
more traffic congestion Rural interstate speed limits - ✔✔70 mph on most rural sections
side to drive on if you're slow - ✔✔right minimum speed limit on right lane on interstate -
✔✔45 mph Residential roads or city streets may have limits as low as - ✔✔25-35 mph at all
Solid white line - ✔✔indicates the right edge of the traffic lane on a road Solid or broken
yellow line - ✔✔Indicates left edge of traffic lanes going in YOUR direction How do you
know you are going the wrong way? - ✔✔If you have yellow on your right and white on your
left On a divided highway- - ✔✔the side of the roadway to the left of the driver and nearest
the median always has a yellow line The right side of the roadway- - ✔✔always has a white
line Yellow lines - ✔✔separate traffic moving in opposite directions Yellow lines also -
✔✔mark a boundary or barrier of the travel path at the location of a particular hazard
Broken yellow lines - ✔✔You may cross the line if there is no uncoming traffic and it is safe
to do so Two solid yellow lines - ✔✔You may not cross the lines from either direction
Exception of two solid yellow lines - ✔✔To turn into a driveway or side road if safe One
solid/one broken yellow line - ✔✔May pass if broken is on your side, may not cross if solid
is on your side Broken white lines - ✔✔May cross lines to pass or change lanes One solid
white line - ✔✔Stay in your lane unless emergency Double solid white line - ✔✔Do not
cross Crosswalks - ✔✔White lines across road to indicate pedestrian cross Pedestrians in
or about to enter crosswalk or street - ✔✔Yield right of way to them White stop lines -
✔✔Indicate vehicle stopping position No stop lines - ✔✔stop vehicle before crossing first
line of crosswalk Neither stop nor crosswalk lines - ✔✔Stop vehicle before white edge line
of cross street so as not to protrude Diamond-shaped markings in center of lane - ✔✔HOV
Lanes Turn lane arrow marked "only" - ✔✔You must turn in the direction of the arrow Turn
lane arrow marked with curved and straight arrow - ✔✔Turn in the direction of the arrow or
go straight Double or triple turn lane arrows - ✔✔More than one movement permitted
Single arrow turn lane arrow - ✔✔Only one movement allowed White crossbuck with RR -
✔✔A warning marker for many railroad/highway grade crossings Half of all vehicle crashes
occur within this radius of home - ✔✔25 miles Yield to other drivers to avoid - ✔✔a crash
When to obey traffic officers - ✔✔At all times If an officer instructs you in violation of traffic
regulations - ✔✔Obey Traveling on downgrade - ✔✔DO NOT coast with transmission in
neutral Manual transmission vehicle drivers - ✔✔Do not coast with clutch depressed
Required night use of headlights - ✔✔30 minutes AFTER SUNSET until 30 minutes BEFORE
SUNRISE Required daylight use of headlights - ✔✔When daylight is not good enough to see
persons or vehicles at a distance of 200 feet ahead Required inclement weather use of
headlights - ✔✔When rain, mist, snow, or other precipitation requires constant use of
windshield wipers When using windshield wipers - ✔✔use headlights When vehicle high
, beam headlights are on - ✔✔dim or lower beam when oncoming vehicle/following vehicle
within 500 feet (one city block) Glare from your headlights in a rear view mirror can -
✔✔blind another driver including a motercyclist vehicle stopped or parked on road or
shoulder must turn on - ✔✔parking lights when limited visibility conditions exist Do not
drive vehicle with only parking lights on when - ✔✔driving at night or in inclement weather
Small size of paring lights might cause - ✔✔other drivers think your vehicle is farther away
than it actually is Limited visibility - ✔✔use of parking lights alone is illegal Illegal to have
auxiliary lights or fog lights by themselves when - ✔✔you are required to dim high beam
headlights colors allowed for steady-burning lights displayed to front of vehicle - ✔✔white
and amber vehicles cannot be equipped with these lights - ✔✔flashing colors or
combination of colors other than factory installed emergency flashers Vehicles
transporting litter - ✔✔must be in an enclosed space or fully covered by tarpaulin Litter -
✔✔cigarette butts, food sacks, tobacco products, papers, cans, bottles or disposing any
other material from vehicles Fines for littering - ✔✔$50-$3,000 Amount of public service
required for littering - ✔✔40 hours and up to 8 additional hours working in waste recycling
center Illegal to driver slower than - ✔✔the posted minimum speed under normal driving
conditions Exceptions for slow driving - ✔✔bad weather, heavy traffic, or bad road If no
posted minimum speed, illegal to - ✔✔drive so slowly that you block traffic Slow-moving
vehicle parameter - ✔✔10 mph or more below lawful maximum speed If 5 or more vehicles
are lined up behind you because you're too slow - ✔✔Turn or pull off the roadway as soon
as safe Funeral procession - ✔✔Pull to the side of the roadway as a sign of respect
Following a funeral procession on two-lane roadway - ✔✔May not attempt to pass such
procession Do not drive between vehicles in properly identified funeral procession except -
✔✔when directed to do so by a traffic officer Basic Speed Rule (BSR) - ✔✔The speed you
may drive is limited by current conditions Unless otherwise posted, speed limit on primary,
secondary, and federal highways - ✔✔55 mph Adjust your speed to - ✔✔flow along with
the speed at which other traffic is moving if they are traveling within posted speed limit
Maximum speed set for interstate highways - ✔✔70 mph Maximum speed limit should only
be driven in - ✔✔ideal driving conditions Reduce speed for these conditions - ✔✔curves,
roadway is slippery during rain, snow, or ice, when it is foggy and difficult to see clearly
Interstates may have 55 mph speed limit in - ✔✔some larger urban areas where there is
more traffic congestion Rural interstate speed limits - ✔✔70 mph on most rural sections
side to drive on if you're slow - ✔✔right minimum speed limit on right lane on interstate -
✔✔45 mph Residential roads or city streets may have limits as low as - ✔✔25-35 mph at all
