Nevada Sharing the Road Practice Test

When passing a bicyclist and no adjacent lane exists, what is the minimum distance a motorist must give?

• Three feet ✓
• Two feet
• One foot
• Five feet

When no adjacent lane exists, a motorist must pass to the left of the bicycle at a safe distance of no fewer than three feet.

Under NRS 486.351(3), motorcycles and mopeds may be operated how in a single traffic lane?

• Three abreast
• Four abreast
• No more than two abreast, with the consent of the drivers ✓
• They may never share a lane

Motorcycles and mopeds may, with the consent of the drivers, be operated no more than two abreast in a single traffic lane.

On a divided highway, when are you required to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights?

• Only when traveling in the same direction as the school bus ✓
• Always, in both directions
• Never on divided highways
• Only if children are visible

On divided highways, you are only required to stop when you are traveling in the same direction as the school bus.

When approaching a motorcycle at night, what should you always do with your headlights?

• Flash your high beams
• Honk before dimming
• Speed up to pass first
• Always dim your headlights ✓

Always dim your headlights when approaching a motorcycle.

Which of these may use a paved highway shoulder where signage authorizes it?

• Only ambulances
• Authorized emergency vehicles, tow cars, coroner vehicles, and public transit buses ✓
• Only police cars
• Only fire engines

Vehicles allowed to use a paved shoulder include authorized emergency vehicles, traffic incident management vehicles, tow cars, coroner vehicles, and public transit buses.

In crashes between a commercial vehicle and a small car, who is much more likely to be killed or injured?

• The truck driver
• Neither party
• Both equally
• The people in the cars ✓

In commercial vehicle and small car crashes, the people in cars are much more likely to be killed or injured than the commercial vehicle driver.

What are Nevada's registration and insurance requirements for mopeds?

• Must register but is not required to insure the moped ✓
• Must insure but not register
• Neither is required
• Both must be renewed annually

Moped owners must register their mopeds with the DMV but are not required to insure them; registration is a one-time fee.

After passing a cyclist, when may a motorist move back to the right?

• Immediately
• After three seconds
• Not until the vehicle is safely clear of the bicycle ✓
• After honking

The motorist may not move back to the right until the vehicle is safely clear of the bicycle.

When parked on the street, before opening your car door you should:

• Check for cyclists approaching from behind ✓
• Open it quickly to save time
• Honk first
• Not worry about checking

When parked on the street, check for cyclists approaching from behind before you open your car door.

When encountering a blind or visually impaired pedestrian, a driver shall:

• Honk a warning
• Speed past quickly
• Give verbal directions
• Yield the right-of-way, come to a full stop if necessary, and take precautions ✓

A driver approaching such a person shall yield the right-of-way, come to a full stop if necessary, and take precautions before proceeding.

In a work zone, black and white speed limit signs are:

• Advisory only
• Merely suggestions
• Regulatory ✓
• Optional

Black and white speed limit signs are regulatory.

Compared to smaller vehicles, large commercial vehicles have blind spots that are:

• Smaller
• Nonexistent
• The same size
• Much larger than smaller vehicles ✓

Large commercial vehicles have much larger blind spots than smaller vehicles.