KS Permit Practice Test 13

All 20 questions in test 13

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1. 1. You approach a Kansas hill where the road beyond the top is hidden. What should you do with your speed?

   1. Hold your speed so the traffic behind you is not slowed
   2. Reduce speed early so you can still change position
   3. Speed up to climb the hill before traffic closes in
   4. Brake hard only when you reach the very top of the hill
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   Reduce speed early so you can still change position. You may not know what is on the other side of a hill or just around a curve, even if you have driven the road many times. A vehicle could be stalled just over the top, and you must be able to stop or move around the problem. The handbook says to adjust your speed whenever visibility is limited by the roadway so that you are ready for a speed or position adjustment. You must not drive faster than the distance you can see ahead.

   Study this in the handbook: Night driving, fog and floods

2. 2. A motorcycle is riding in the middle of your lane on a Kansas two-lane road. What does the handbook say about passing it?

   1. Pass beside it inside the same lane if you keep to the edge
   2. Never pass it in the same lane, because it needs room to react
   3. Pass on the shoulder so the rider can keep the whole lane to itself
   4. Pass once the rider glances back and waves you ahead
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   Never pass it in the same lane, because it needs room to react. A motorcycle, scooter, or moped has the right to use a complete traffic lane, and two of them may even share one lane. For that reason you may not pass one inside its own lane. The rider needs space to react to other traffic and to surface problems such as potholes or gravel. If you want to pass, wait for a legal place and move fully into the other lane, which leaves the rider the entire lane. Squeezing past leaves almost no margin if the rider swerves.

   Study this in the handbook: Pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles and trucks

3. 3. What does Kansas law say about fleeing when law enforcement tries to stop your vehicle?

   1. Run only if the citation would be your first one
   2. Never run; fleeing is more dangerous than the citation
   3. Fleeing is allowed on rural roads without traffic
   4. Stopping is optional when you believe you are innocent
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   Never run; fleeing is more dangerous than the citation. Running from an officer is described in the plainest terms: never do it. Police chases produce fatal crashes, and the legal consequences of fleeing dwarf the traffic citation that started the stop. Innocence is argued in court, not at highway speed. Pull right, stop clear of traffic, and manage the stop calmly with hands visible. Every other road user shares the danger when a driver chooses flight, which is why the rule admits no rural, first offense, or confidence exceptions.

   Study this in the handbook: Emergency vehicles, move over and traffic stops

4. 4. A car is about to hit you from the side in Kansas and open road lies ahead of you. What evasive option may help?

   1. Accelerate in every near collision without checking ahead
   2. Stop instantly so the other driver can aim better
   3. Reverse quickly toward the threat to shorten impact
   4. Accelerate to get out of danger when room exists ahead, then slow once clear
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   Accelerate to get out of danger when room exists ahead, then slow once clear. Braking and steering are the usual collision answers, but acceleration occasionally wins. When a vehicle is about to strike you from the side or rear and clear room exists ahead, speeding up can carry you out of the impact zone. The condition is the open space; accelerating toward another hazard trades one crash for a faster one. Once danger passes, slow back down promptly. This tool fits rare geometries, which is why checking ahead before using it is nonnegotiable.

   Study this in the handbook: Emergency braking, skids and vehicle failures

5. 5. Parking downhill in Kansas, with or without a curb, which way should the front wheels point?

   1. Turn the wheels sharply away from the curb
   2. Sharply toward the curb or road edge
   3. Leave the wheels straight toward downhill traffic
   4. Point wheels left so the car rolls into the lane
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   Sharply toward the curb or road edge. Downhill parking sets the wheels toward the curb or road edge. Stop parallel within twelve inches of the curb or edge, then turn the wheel sharply that way while rolling slowly forward until the tire meets the curb or edge as a block. A runaway vehicle then rolls away from traffic instead of into it. Uphill with a curb uses the opposite wheel direction, which is why the two cases must not be swapped in your memory.

   Study this in the handbook: Where not to park and parking on hills

6. 6. What is the small, very bright blinking light sometimes found in the middle of a Kansas red signal?

   1. A sign that the signal is about to malfunction
   2. Permission to proceed slowly through the red
   3. A reminder that the light is red, so stop
   4. A warning only for truck drivers at night
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   A reminder that the light is red, so stop. Some locations add a small, very bright blinking light inside the red indication. Its whole job is attention: to make sure you register that the signal is red and that a stop is required before the intersection. It grants no rolling permission and predicts no failure. Treat the junction exactly as any steady red, waiting behind the stop line, crosswalk, or intersection edge. The extra blink exists because ordinary reds sometimes escape a tired or distracted glance.

   Study this in the handbook: Traffic lights and arrows

7. 7. On a two-way Kansas road with one lane each direction, where in your lane is it generally safest to drive?

   1. Crowding the center line for a better view
   2. Riding the right edge line continuously
   3. In the center of your lane
   4. Alternating sides to stay alert on long trips
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   In the center of your lane. Centering the vehicle in its lane leaves escape room on both sides. From the middle you can shift slightly left or right to dodge debris, a door opening, or a drifting oncoming vehicle. Crowding the center line shrinks the gap to headlights coming the other way. Riding the edge line flirts with drop offs and parked cars. Small adjustments for passing trucks or parked rows still start from that centered base position.

   Study this in the handbook: Following distance, scanning and space

8. 8. A dog chases your car along a Kansas residential street. What maneuver does the guidance suggest?

   1. Stop in the street and wait until the dog loses interest in the car
   2. Swerve toward the dog quickly to scare it back onto the sidewalk
   3. Speed up immediately when you first see the dog
   4. Slow down until the dog nears the vehicle, then accelerate away as it approaches
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   Slow down until the dog nears the vehicle, then accelerate away as it approaches. Dogs that chase vehicles usually run a straight line at the car. Slowing while the dog closes, then accelerating away as it arrives, leaves the animal behind your bumper instead of under your wheels. Stopping invites the dog to circle the vehicle, and swerving endangers everyone nearby. Dogs appear most in residential, rural, and farm areas, so expect the chase there. The speed change should stay smooth and legal, just timed to the animal approach.

9. 9. Increasing speed from 20 mph to 80 mph multiplies impact and braking distance by how much in Kansas guidance?

   1. Impact and braking distance grow 4 times greater than at 20 mph
   2. Impact and braking distance both grow 8 times greater than at 20 mph
   3. Impact and braking distance grow 16 times greater than at 20 mph
   4. Only impact grows, while braking distance stays fixed
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   Impact and braking distance grow 16 times greater than at 20 mph. Energy climbs with the square of speed. Doubling from twenty to forty multiplies impact four times, tripling to sixty multiplies it nine times, and quadrupling to eighty multiplies it sixteen times, with braking distance growing the same way. Highway speed therefore leaves almost no margin for misjudgment. A small reduction buys back a large share of stopping ability. This arithmetic is why high speed crashes turn severe so quickly compared with city speed impacts.

   Study this in the handbook: Safe speed and stopping distance

10. 10. After stopping at a Kansas intersection, about how long does going straight through normally take?

    1. Within 1 second of releasing the brake
    2. About 12 to 15 seconds for a straight crossing
    3. Within 3 to 5 seconds under normal circumstances
    4. Straight crossings should always take 20 seconds
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    Within 3 to 5 seconds under normal circumstances. Judging gaps starts with knowing your own crossing time. From a stop, a vehicle normally clears straight through an intersection within three to five seconds. Turns take much longer because the vehicle must curve and rebuild speed, with right turns around twelve to fifteen seconds and left turns longer still. Choose gaps that cover your whole maneuver plus a cushion. If the gap only fits the straight time, do not start a turning entry.

11. 11. Before driving after taking a prescription drug in Kansas, what precaution is required?

    1. Read the label first and ask a doctor or pharmacist if unsure
    2. Drive a short test block to judge the effects yourself
    3. Take a second dose so the effect stabilizes sooner
    4. Prescription drugs never affect reflexes or alertness
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    Read the label first and ask a doctor or pharmacist if unsure. Antidepressants, pain reducers, sleep aids, and sedatives can affect reflexes, judgment, vision, and alertness in ways similar to alcohol. The defense starts before the trip: check the label on the prescription and packaging for warnings about its effects. If safety remains uncertain, ask your doctor or pharmacist about side effects. A test drive experiments with your impairment among strangers. Legal possession of a medicine never certifies that driving on it is safe or lawful if it impairs you.

    Study this in the handbook: How alcohol and drugs affect driving

12. 12. Two solid yellow lines separate you from oncoming traffic, but a school bus stops on the far side loading children in Kansas. What must you do?

    1. Continue, because double yellow lines act like a divided highway
    2. Stop only if children step into your lane
    3. Pass slowly with your hazard flashers on
    4. Stop for the bus even though it is on the opposite side
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    Stop for the bus even though it is on the opposite side. Paint is not a physical barrier. With two solid yellow lines between you and a stopped school bus showing its warnings, you must stop whether the bus is on your side or across from you. The same duty applies with a center turn lane, on multi-lane highways, and at intersections. Only a median or other physical separation on a divided highway releases opposing traffic. Children cross unpredictably, so hold position until warnings end and the roadway is truly clear.

    Study this in the handbook: School buses and required stops

13. 13. A flooded Kansas road looks shallow enough to cross. Why should you still refuse?

    1. A low ceiling ahead strictly limits how tall a vehicle can be to pass
    2. Water can hide dips and wash away the road surface underneath
    3. Crossing slowly makes any flood depth acceptable
    4. Only nighttime floods hide road damage in Kansas
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    Water can hide dips and wash away the road surface underneath. Flood refusal does not depend on your depth estimate, because the estimate itself is unreliable. Water hides dips in the pavement, and flood currents damage roadways by washing away the underlying surface, leaving a shell that can collapse under a vehicle. Flash floods also arrive within minutes of heavy rain, especially at night. Six inches already threatens control, and two feet of rush can carry a vehicle away. Turn around, or proceed to higher ground and wait for waters to subside.

    Study this in the handbook: Night driving, fog and floods

14. 14. When is one-hand steering acceptable for a Kansas driver?

    1. Whenever cruising along a straight stretch of highway pavement
    2. Only for backing or a brief reach to vehicle controls
    3. During every turn at city intersections
    4. One-hand steering is never acceptable at all
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    Only for backing or a brief reach to vehicle controls. Two hands on the outside of the wheel, on opposite sides, is the default grip for control. One hand takes over only in defined moments: backing the vehicle, or reaching controls like wipers, flashers, or lights that demand a temporary reach. The free hand stays in its normal operating position ready to resume. Intersection turning methods like hand to hand keep both hands working without crossing over the wheel, reducing injury if an air bag deploys. Casual one hand cruising surrenders half your correction strength.

15. 15. When is a three-point turnabout justified on a Kansas road?

    1. Only when a U-turn cannot fit and the block cannot be circled
    2. Whenever a driver wants to save a little time in light traffic
    3. On any wide multi-lane highway with a median
    4. As the first choice on two-lane country roads
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    Only when a U-turn cannot fit and the block cannot be circled. The three-point turnabout is the most difficult and dangerous way to reverse direction, stopping across lanes more than once. Reserve it for streets too narrow for a U-turn where circling the block is impossible, and only on two-lane roadways. Each stage needs mirror checks, signals, and shoulder glances before moving. Around the block remains safer whenever available. Choosing this maneuver casually in light traffic accepts risks that a one minute detour would erase.

16. 16. A slow truck climbs toward a Kansas railroad crossing 80 feet ahead of it. May you pass it here?

    1. Yes, if you can finish the pass before reaching the tracks safely
    2. Yes, because trucks must yield on grades near crossings always
    3. Only motorcycle passes are banned that close to tracks in Kansas
    4. No, passing is prohibited within 100 feet of an intersection or railroad crossing
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    No, passing is prohibited within 100 feet of an intersection or railroad crossing. Passing needs room to fail safely, and crossings plus intersections remove it. Kansas prohibits passing within one hundred feet of an intersection or railroad grade crossing, a threshold your eighty foot scenario already violates. The same family of bans covers obstructed bridges, viaducts, tunnels, hills, and curves. Vehicle type on either side changes nothing. Dropping behind a slow truck for a few hundred feet feels tedious until a train or cross vehicle explains the rule in physics.

    Study this in the handbook: Turn signals, U turns and passing

17. 17. You roll up to a red eight-sided sign on a rainy Kansas night with no other traffic visible. What must you do?

    1. Come to a complete stop before proceeding
    2. Slow to a crawl and roll through while looking both ways carefully
    3. Stop only when another vehicle is actually crossing in front of you
    4. Treat the sign as a yield because the street looks empty tonight
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    Come to a complete stop before proceeding. The eight sided red sign demands a complete stop in every condition, rain, night, and empty streets included. Rolling crawls and visibility based exceptions rewrite the rule into a yield, which is a different sign entirely. After stopping behind the line, crosswalk, or nearest point, look for vehicles and pedestrians in all directions and yield as required. Habit strength matters most when the road looks empty, because that is when a hidden cyclist or pedestrian is easiest to miss.

    Study this in the handbook: Right of way at intersections

18. 18. You and another driver reach an uncontrolled Kansas residential intersection together, and they are on your right. Who yields?

    1. They yield, because your vehicle arrived one second sooner in spirit
    2. The driver heading north always yields at uncontrolled corners
    3. You yield, because the driver on the left gives way to the vehicle on the right
    4. Whoever honks first claims the intersection right-of-way
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    You yield, because the driver on the left gives way to the vehicle on the right. Uncontrolled intersections run on two layered courtesies. A vehicle already inside goes first, and when entries tie, the driver on the left yields to the vehicle on the right. With the other car on your right, the wait is yours, however close the timing feels. Directions and horns play no role. Stop signs, yield signs, and signals replace these rules where posted. Until then, slowing early at every residential corner makes the yield cheap to give when it turns out to be yours.

    Study this in the handbook: Right of way at intersections

19. 19. After a long no-passing stretch in Kansas, this sign appears beside the road. What changes?

    1. The no-passing zone ends and passing is allowed when safe
    2. Passing becomes mandatory to clear traffic queues fast
    3. You may pass even on the next hill or curve freely
    4. The sign ends the highway speed limit for a while
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    The no-passing zone ends and passing is allowed when safe. Pass with Care closes the restriction that a pennant or double yellow lines opened. From here, passing is allowed only when it is safe to do so, with sight distance, gaps, and oncoming traffic still judged fresh for every attempt. It commands nothing; hesitant drivers may stay in line. Hills and curves ahead can still forbid individual passes by their sight lines. Speed limits continue untouched. The sign returns a permission, wrapped permanently in the condition of safety.

    Study this in the handbook: Regulatory signs

20. 20. Your two-lane Kansas road approaches this sign. What is the pavement about to do?

    
    1. End its median and return to two-way traffic flow
    2. Merge into a single lane for a narrow bridge deck
    3. Become a one-way street through the next town
    4. Split into a divided highway with a median ahead
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    Split into a divided highway with a median ahead. This warning announces the beginning of a divided highway: lanes for opposing traffic separate around a median or barrier. The mirror image sign, divided highway ends, warns when that separation disappears. While divided, opposing school bus stops do not require your stop, and median crossovers stay reserved for authorized vehicles. Enjoy the separation without relaxing, since ramps and intersections still introduce crossing conflicts. Recognizing begin versus end silhouettes tells you whether headlights across the way share your pavement.

    Study this in the handbook: Traffic lights and arrows