Kansas sharing the road practice questions
2 questions below test Kansas’s own sharing the road law, each with the statute or Kansas Division of Vehicles handbook section it came from, plus 10 more on sharing the road rules that apply in every state.
The Kansas permit knowledge test has 25 questions in total and needs 20 correct (80%) to pass.
Kansas law
2 questions on Kansas’s own sharing the road rules
These differ from the rules that hold nationally — they are the ones that catch out drivers who studied another state’s handbook.
1. In Kansas, you must stop when meeting or overtaking a school, church, or day care bus that is stopped to pick up or let off children until:
- AChildren are no longer visible
- The STOP signal is retracted and the red lights are turned off
- CYou wait 10 seconds
- DA police officer waves you on
Answer: The STOP signal is retracted and the red lights are turned off. The Kansas Driving Handbook (K.S.A. 8-1556) requires you to stop when meeting or overtaking a school bus, church bus, or day care bus stopped to pick up or let off children, and remain stopped until the STOP signal is retracted and the red lights are turned off.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — School Buses (K.S.A. 8-1556)
2. Traffic approaching a Kansas school bus in the opposing roadway of a divided highway:
- Is not required to stop
- BMust slow to 15 mph only
- CMust stop only at night
- DMust always stop
Answer: Is not required to stop. The Kansas Driving Handbook states traffic approaching a school bus in the opposing roadway of a divided highway is not required to stop.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — School Buses (K.S.A. 8-1556)
Sources for the Kansas items above
Applies everywhere
Sharing the road rules that hold in every state
A sample of the national sharing the road bank. All 10 are in the practice run, combined with the Kansas items above for 12 questions in total.
1. An orange triangle with a red border on the back of a vehicle means it:
- AIs a school vehicle
- BHas an oversize load
- CIs carrying hazardous materials
- Travels well below normal traffic speed
Answer: Travels well below normal traffic speed. The slow-moving vehicle emblem marks farm equipment and similar vehicles. Closing speed is much higher than it appears.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Sharing the road — slow-moving vehicles
2. When following a motorcycle you should allow:
- ALess space, since it stops slowly
- More following distance than for a car
- CThe same distance as a truck
- DOnly one car length
Answer: More following distance than for a car. Motorcycles can slow very quickly and may be destabilised by road hazards, so extra space gives you room to respond.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Sharing the road — motorcycles
3. An emergency vehicle with lights and siren is approaching from behind. You should generally:
- ATurn left at the next intersection
- BSpeed up to stay ahead
- CStop in your lane immediately
- Move toward the right edge and stop when safe
Answer: Move toward the right edge and stop when safe. Yield promptly, avoid blocking an intersection, move to the right when safe, and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle passes.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Right-of-way — emergency vehicles
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Sharing the road law is set state by state — compare how another state handles it.
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