Highway & Freeway Driving — Virginia
Virginia DMV practice test: 664 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). Official test format: Part1 10 signs must 10/10; Part2 30 Q pass 24. Highway & Freeway Driving: 49 questions.
Entering and exiting freeways, lane changes, overtaking and HOV lane rules.
This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines.
| Topic / Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Topic | Highway & Freeway Driving |
| License test | Virginia Car learner's permit test |
| Topic questions | 49 (7% of 664 total) |
| Review status | This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines. |
Official handbook
dmv.virginia.gov ✓ Verified from official source
Questions (49)
1. When passing other vehicles:
- Check your mirrors and blind spots. ✓
- Honk your horn at least three times.
- Re-enter your lane within 10 feet of the passed vehicle.
- There is no need to signal.
Answer: A. Check your mirrors and blind spots.
2. When passing another vehicle, a driver should wait until the entire car they've just passed is visible in the rearview mirror before changing back into the right-hand lane.
- True ✓
- False
Answer: A. True
3. To change lanes you should:
- Check your mirrors and signal, then change lanes.
- Signal, check your mirrors, check your blind spot in the direction you plan to move, then change lanes. ✓
- Signal, check your mirrors, and change lanes.
- Signal and change lanes.
Answer: B. Signal, check your mirrors, check your blind spot in the direction you plan to move, then change lanes.
4. Look over your shoulder to check your blind spot when:
- Pulling toward or away from a curb.
- Turning left or right.
- Changing lanes.
- All of the above. ✓
Answer: D. All of the above.
5. When changing lanes on a highway, you should:
- Signal a lane change.
- Check your rearview and outside mirrors.
- Check your blind spot by glancing over your shoulder.
- All of the above. ✓
Answer: D. All of the above.
6. If someone is driving aggressively behind you, you should:
- Try to get out of the aggressive driver’s way. ✓
- Stare at the driver as he or she is passing you.
- Speed up as he or she is passing you.
- Block the passing lane.
Answer: A. Try to get out of the aggressive driver’s way.
7. A good rule to remember for passing is:
- Pass on the right whenever possible.
- Drive with the flow of traffic and pass only as needed. ✓
- Try to get to the front of any slow-moving traffic so that you can see better.
- Always flash your lights and sound your horn to alert other drivers to your intentions.
Answer: B. Drive with the flow of traffic and pass only as needed.
8. When turning or changing lanes, you must:
- Always signal your intentions, even when no visible traffic is present. ✓
- Signal only if there is visible traffic.
- Signal only when driving at night.
- Signal only when driving in heavy traffic at night.
Answer: A. Always signal your intentions, even when no visible traffic is present.
9. When changing lanes, you can check your blind spots by:
- Using the inside rearview mirror.
- Using the outside rearview mirror.
- Using both inside and outside rearview mirrors.
- Turning your head and looking over your shoulder. ✓
Answer: D. Turning your head and looking over your shoulder.
10. A driver entering interstate traffic from an entrance or acceleration ramp:
- Should yield to drivers already on the interstate. ✓
- Has the right-of-way.
- May force their way into traffic.
- Can assume that other drivers will change lanes to make room.
Answer: A. Should yield to drivers already on the interstate.
Source
Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source
Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook