Sharing the Road — Texas
Texas CDL practice test: 429 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. Sharing the Road: 24 questions.
Pedestrians, cyclists, school buses, emergency vehicles and heavy trucks.
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| Topic / Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Topic | Sharing the Road |
| License test | Texas CDL permit (CLP) knowledge tests |
| Topic questions | 24 (6% of 429 total) |
| Review status | This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines. |
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Questions (24)
1. A school bus stop:
- Can be added by the driver if there is a need.
- Should be voted on by the students.
- May change, depending on weather conditions.
- Should be established by the proper school district authorities. ✓
Answer: D. Should be established by the proper school district authorities.
A school bus stop should be established by the proper school district authorities. The handbook says each school district sets official routes and official school bus stops, and that stops should be approved by the school district before you make them. It also warns that you should never move a bus stop's location without written approval from the appropriate school district official. That puts the decision with school district authorities, not with the driver, the students, or the weather.
2. Flashing lights are permitted on emergency vehicles, snow plows, tow trucks, and:
- School buses. ✓
- Semitrailers.
- Truck trailers.
- Pole trailers.
Answer: A. School buses.
School buses may use flashing lights when they stop or are stopped for children to load or unload. The handbook's flashing-light rule lists emergency vehicles, snow removal equipment, and school buses when they stop or are stopped for children to load or unload. It also allows tow trucks to use these lights under a law enforcement officer's direction at an accident scene or while hooking up a disabled vehicle in the roadway. School buses are named directly, so they fit the question. The rule does not give the same permission to semitrailers, truck trailers, or pole trailers; those vehicle types appear in other equipment sections, not in the flashing-light list.
3. Move over laws require:
- Trucks to use the left lane.
- All vehicles to vacate the lane closest to an emergency vehicle that is stopped with its lights flashing. ✓
- All vehicles to use the left lane.
- All vehicles to move to the left lane if a flatbed trailer is in the right lane.
Answer: B. All vehicles to vacate the lane closest to an emergency vehicle that is stopped with its lights flashing.
4. When crossing railroad tracks, you should:
- Stop on the tracks.
- Change gears.
- Try to pass.
- Stay in your lane. ✓
Answer: D. Stay in your lane.
5. Outside mirrors on a school bus should be adjusted:
- Before a trip begins. ✓
- During a trip.
- After students board the bus.
- After a trip ends.
Answer: A. Before a trip begins.
6. A truck may need to be under the legal maximum weight limit when being driven:
- On a flat road.
- On a mountainous road. ✓
- In heavy traffic.
- At night.
Answer: B. On a mountainous road.
A truck may need to run below the legal maximum weight on a mountainous road, because a grade can make a legal load unsafe to handle. The handbook makes the driver responsible for staying within legal weight limits and warns that you must keep GVWR, GCWR and axle weights inside those limits. Its Section 3 review list then asks you to name situations where legal maximum weights may not be safe, which tells you a load can be legal on paper and still be too much for the road you are on. A mountain grade is that kind of condition. The other choices describe ordinary driving settings rather than a road that pushes a legal load past what the truck can handle safely.
7. If there are no warning gates or lights at a railroad crossing, you should:
- Not worry because the tracks are likely abandoned.
- Park your vehicle and walk up to the tracks to determine if a train is approaching.
- Look down the tracks in both directions to ensure that no trains are approaching. ✓
- Do whatever surrounding vehicles are doing.
Answer: C. Look down the tracks in both directions to ensure that no trains are approaching.
8. Passive railroad crossings:
- Are controlled by flashing lights.
- Are not controlled by any type of traffic control device. ✓
- Have gates that lower when trains are approaching.
- Should never be crossed by a CMV.
Answer: B. Are not controlled by any type of traffic control device.
Passive railroad crossings are not controlled by any type of traffic control device. The handbook defines a passive crossing as one with no traffic control device installed at the crossing. That is why the driver must recognize it, look for a train, and judge whether there is enough clear space to cross safely; the decision to stop or go is left to the driver. The yellow advance warning signs, pavement markings, and crossbucks help you notice the crossing, but they do not control traffic the way active devices do.
9. When approaching a railroad crossing while operating a school bus, you should generally:
- Stop between 15 and 50 feet before the nearest rail. ✓
- Stop 100 feet before the nearest rail.
- Stop 10 feet before the nearest rail.
- Continue across the tracks without stopping.
Answer: A. Stop between 15 and 50 feet before the nearest rail.
Stop between 15 and 50 feet before the nearest rail. The handbook says a school bus must come to a complete stop at a railroad crossing, and it gives a specific stopping window: within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail. It repeats that when there is no painted stop line, vehicles required to stop must stop no closer than 15 feet and no more than 50 feet from the nearest rail. Since a school bus is required to stop, that same 15-to-50-foot range applies.
10. On trucks, truck tractors, semitrailers, pole trailers, and buses that are at least 80 inches in width, reflectors should be placed between ____ from the ground.
- 50 and 100 inches
- 24 and 60 inches ✓
- 10 and 35 inches
- 100 and 200 inches
Answer: B. 24 and 60 inches
Reflectors on trucks, truck tractors, semitrailers, pole trailers, and buses 80 inches or wider must be mounted between 24 and 60 inches above the ground. The handbook's lighting and reflector section says reflectors on these vehicles and trailers have to sit no lower than 24 inches and no higher than 60 inches above the ground. That height range keeps the reflectors in the band where other drivers' headlights and eyes are likely to catch them, and it matches the measurement the handbook gives for these vehicles of 80 inches or more in width. The other ranges listed do not match what the handbook states.
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source
Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook