Highway & Freeway Driving — British Columbia

British Columbia ICBC commercial knowledge test practice: 252 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). Official test format: Class 1 60/48; Class 2-4 35/28; air brake 25/20. Highway & Freeway Driving: 4 questions. Updated

Entering and exiting freeways, lane changes, overtaking and HOV lane rules.

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TopicHighway & Freeway Driving
License testBritish Columbia Commercial knowledge tests (Class 1–4, air brake)
Topic questions4 (2% of 252 total)
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Questions (4)

1. On a long, narrow stretch of highway, a bus has just reached a passing lane. The bus is travelling slower than the rest of the traffic. What should the bus driver do?
  1. Use either lane; cars can pass on either side.
  2. Drive straight down the broken white line.
  3. Stay in the left lane and allow the cars to pass on the right.
  4. Move into the right lane and allow the cars to pass on the left. ✓

Answer: D. Move into the right lane and allow the cars to pass on the left.

Move into the right lane and allow the cars to pass on the left. The handbook says to choose the lane that fits your speed and the traffic flow, and that the right-hand lane is best. On freeways, the left lane is meant for higher-speed traffic and passing. It also gives a specific rule for slower vehicles going up or down a hill where a passing lane is provided: always use the right lane. That is exactly the bus's situation here, so it should move right and allow faster traffic to pass on its left.
Official handbook: ICBC Driving Commercial Vehicles, 3 Basic driving skills – Sharing the road, p. 31
2. If another driver wants to pass your vehicle, what should you do?
  1. Slow down and leave room. ✓
  2. Signal the driver to pass.
  3. Pull over.
  4. Honk your horn.

Answer: A. Slow down and leave room.

When another driver wants to pass, slow down and leave room for them. The handbook addresses this under being passed. It says that when other drivers indicate they want to overtake you, your job is to help them get by safely: reduce your speed and give them room. It also warns that directing other drivers to pass can push them into a pass they can't finish safely. So the useful thing you control is your own speed and the space you leave, not a hand signal telling them to go.
Official handbook: ICBC Driving Commercial Vehicles, 3 Basic driving skills – Parking, p. 50
3. If another driver signals their intention to overtake your vehicle, what should you do to help them pass safely?
  1. Slow down and provide them space to pass ✓
  2. Stick to the middle of the road
  3. Flash your headlights to warn oncoming cars
  4. Speed up to put distance between your vehicles

Answer: A. Slow down and provide them space to pass

Slow down and give the passing driver room to complete the pass safely. The handbook says that when another driver signals they want to overtake you, you should help them pass safely by reducing your speed and giving them room. It also warns against waving or directing others to pass, since that can push them into a risky pass they cannot finish. The simple, supported action is to ease off your speed and open up space rather than compete with the passing vehicle.
Official handbook: ICBC Driving Commercial Vehicles, 3 Basic driving skills – Parking, p. 50
4. When travelling slower than the other traffic, you should
  1. keep well to the left-hand side of the roadway.
  2. keep well to the right-hand side of the roadway. ✓
  3. signal other drivers to pass you.
  4. drive in the middle of the roadway.

Answer: B. keep well to the right-hand side of the roadway.

When you are travelling slower than the flow of traffic, keep well to the right-hand side of the roadway. The handbook says that driving slower than the traffic flow raises your chance of a collision with vehicles behind or beside you, because other drivers get impatient, follow too closely or try to overtake, and may cut in after passing. When you can't keep up with the flow, you must travel in the right lane. Staying to the right keeps slower vehicles out of the way of faster traffic and matches that rule.
Official handbook: ICBC Driving Commercial Vehicles, 3 Basic driving skills – Sharing the road, p. 31
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