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Arkansas CDL — General Knowledge: Sharing the Road practice test
Driving safely around motorcycles, bicycles, large trucks, pedestrians, and school buses — and knowing who has the right of way.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Drivers who feel your truck is slowing them down may do what?
Correct answer: Pass without a safe gap or cut in close in front of you
Drivers in a hurry may pass without enough room in oncoming traffic or pull in front of you when entering the road, forcing you to brake. Watch for them.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
2. Why are pedestrians, joggers, bicyclists, and animals a special danger at night?
Correct answer: Road users without lights are hard to see, and many night crashes involve them
With less light you can't see hazards as well. Road users who carry no lights are hard to spot, and many nighttime accidents involve pedestrians, joggers, bicyclists, and animals.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.11, Driving at Night
3. A driver is tailgating your truck. Why shouldn't you speed up to get away?
Correct answer: Being tailgated at a low speed is safer than at a high speed
When tailgated, avoid quick changes, signal early, slow gradually, open up space ahead, and don't speed up. A tailgater is less dangerous at low speed than at high speed.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.7, Managing Space
4. Near a busy interchange, the car ahead suddenly stops mid-block and then its backup lights come on. What does this most likely suggest?
Correct answer: The driver is confused about where to go
Unexpected moves such as stopping mid-block or changing lanes for no reason, and hesitation such as crawling along or braking often, are clues to confusion. It is common near freeway interchanges and major intersections.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
5. Why can pedestrians be especially hard to deal with on rainy days?
Correct answer: Hats or umbrellas may block their view, and they may rush without watching traffic
In the rain, hats and umbrellas can keep pedestrians from seeing you, and people hurrying to get out of the weather may not pay attention to traffic.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
6. On slippery winter roads, how should you treat snowplows and salt or sand trucks?
Correct answer: Watch for them and give them plenty of room
When roads are slick, keep a longer following distance and give snowplows and salt and sand trucks plenty of room.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.13, Driving in Winter
7. In winter, which vehicle should you treat as a hazard because its driver may not see you?
Correct answer: One whose windows are iced over, frosted, or covered in snow
Drivers with blocked vision are a serious hazard. In winter, that includes any vehicle whose windows are iced over, frosted, or snow-covered.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
8. A heavy load is slowing you on a long upgrade. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stay in the right lane, and pass a slower vehicle only if you can get around quickly and safely
Large trucks that can't keep pace, especially uphill, tend to draw tailgaters. Keep right when a load slows you, and only pass another slow vehicle on a grade if you can do it quickly and safely.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.7, Managing Space
9. At a blind alley you can see the front end of a car but not its driver. What should you assume?
Correct answer: The driver can't see you either and may pull into your lane
If you can see only the front or rear of a vehicle and not its driver, that driver can't see you. Be alert for it to back out or enter your lane, and be ready to stop.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
10. Where do conflicts, situations where you must change speed or direction to avoid someone, commonly occur?
Correct answer: At intersections, merges, and places where a lane ends
Conflicts arise at intersections, at merges such as on-ramps, where a lane ends and forces a move, in slow or stalled traffic, and at accident scenes. Drivers caught in a conflict may react in a way that puts them in conflict with you.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
11. You are approaching a bus stopped at the curb. What hazard should you watch for?
Correct answer: Passengers crossing in front of or behind the bus who may not see you
Be careful around a stopped bus. Its passengers may walk in front of or behind it, and they often can't see you.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
12. Why is an accident scene beside the road a hazard even after the crash is over?
Correct answer: People may run across the road, and passing drivers tend to watch the scene
People involved may not watch for traffic, passing drivers stare at the scene, people may dash across the road, and vehicles may slow or stop without warning.
Source: Commercial Driver's License Manual — Section 2.8, Seeing Hazards
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