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Nebraska Car / Permit: 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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12 sample Sharing the Road questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. Why should you not assume a motorcycle will turn just because its signal is blinking?
Correct answer: Motorcycle signals often do not cancel by themselves, so it may be left over
The manual explains that motorcycle signals often do not shut themselves off, so a rider may simply have forgotten it, and you should wait for proof of the turn.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6A Motorcycles
2. A loaded truck with sound brakes and tires is traveling 55 MPH on dry pavement. What stopping distance does Nebraska cite?
Correct answer: At least 340 feet
The manual gives a minimum of 340 feet for that truck to come to a full stop.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6F Large Trucks and Buses
3. What should a Nebraska driver do when preparing to make a right turn where bicycles are present?
Correct answer: Merge with the bicycle traffic before turning
The manual says to merge with the bicycle traffic rather than turning across the path of riders headed the same way.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6B Bicyclists
4. When may a Nebraska driver move again after a school bus displays red lights and swings out its stop arm?
Correct answer: After the stop arm is retracted and the red lights go off
The manual keeps you stopped until the driver folds the stop arm back in and shuts off the red lamps.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6E School Buses
5. After passing a large truck on a Nebraska highway, when is it safe to pull back in front of it?
Correct answer: When the entire front of the truck shows in your rear-view mirror
The manual warns that cutting in too early is one of the biggest mistakes, and says to wait until the truck's whole front end shows in your rear-view mirror.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6F-2 No Zone
6. Nebraska reports that nearly 40 percent of motorcycle crashes involving another vehicle were caused by what?
Correct answer: A driver turning left across the rider's path
The manual attributes that share to the other driver turning left across the rider's path.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6A Motorcycles
7. How much following distance does Nebraska suggest behind a motorcycle?
Correct answer: Three or four seconds
The manual asks for a longer cushion than usual, three or four seconds, so the rider has room to maneuver or stop in a crisis.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6A Motorcycles
8. How much distance should you keep behind snow removal equipment working on a Nebraska road?
Correct answer: 100 feet
The manual asks drivers to stay 100 feet back from plows and other maintenance vehicles at work, except when passing.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6D Snow and Ice Removal Operations
9. What is the one situation in which a Nebraska driver need not stop for a school bus with red lights flashing and its stop arm out?
Correct answer: When you approach from the opposite direction on a road divided by a median
The manual's only exception is meeting the bus from the other direction on a roadway split by a median.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6E School Buses
10. What clearance does Nebraska law require when a motorist overtakes a bicycle going the same way?
Correct answer: At least three feet
The law described in the manual requires a gap of no less than three feet, held until the driver is safely past the bicycle.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6B Bicyclists
11. You cannot leave the required clearance to pass a bicyclist on a narrow Nebraska road. What should you do?
Correct answer: Ease off the gas and hold back until passing is safe
The manual tells the driver to ease off the accelerator and hold back until passing can be done safely.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6B Bicyclists
12. A vehicle ahead of you in the next lane has stopped for a pedestrian. What does Nebraska tell you to do?
Correct answer: Do not pass it, since it may be hiding the pedestrian
The manual warns against passing that stopped vehicle, because it can hide the person walking across the street from your view.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 6C Pedestrians
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