Texas Handbook CDL Test Flashcards
During the day, when transporting any load that extends more than four feet beyond the rear, you must attach a _________ to the extreme rear of such extension.
Red flag
When operated on the highway at night, farm tractors not otherwise required to have lamps or lighting devices must have _______ on the rear visible for 1,000 feet.
Two red lights
At night, when transporting any load that extends more than four feet beyond the rear, drivers must attach a _________ to the extreme rear of such extension.
Red light
When turning right while operating a long vehicle, if the street into which you are turning is narrow, you may have to:
Swing slightly to the left
When following another truck or vehicle, you must:
keep far enough back to allow another vehicle to overtake and enter the space between you and the vehicle ahead safely.
On trucks, buses, truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers which are 80 or more inches in width, reflectors must be mounted between __________ inches from the ground.
24 and 60
You must obtain a special permit if you wish to haul a load that is ________ than the law allows.
Longer, higher, & heavier (all of the above)
The rear of every truck, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, and bus must display:
two red reflectors
During times when lighted lamps are not required, _______ must be used in place of flares, lights, or reflectors.
Two red flags
During summer, truck drivers should be on the lookout for:
Overloaded cars with poor visibility, fatigued motorists on vacation, highway construction projects (all of the above)
When driving at night, if you are transporting a load that extends more than four feet beyond the rear of your vehicle, you must attach a ________ to the rearmost point of the load.
Red light
Truck drivers should maintain a ______ following distance on the open road.
four-second
When you must make an emergency stop on the side of a roadway or divided highway, the first warning device you place behind your vehicle should be ______ from the vehicle.
10 feet
If you must make an emergency stop on a two-way roadway, how many warning devices should you place behind your vehicle?
2
Obeying the speed limit:
saves wear and tear on tires, brakes, and engines
When traveling down a hill, it is unlawful for a commercial motor vehicle to:
coast down the grade
The maximum weight allowed for any vehicle or combination of vehicles including the load is:
80,000 lbs
In bad weather, you should increases your following distance to _________ to compensate for poor traction.
6-8 seconds
If there is oncoming traffic and you want to pass a motorcycle, you should:
slow down and follow the motorcycle until oncoming traffic clears
Two amber clearance lamps are required on the top front corners of any trailer more than ________ in width.
80 inches
You must make an emergency stop on the side of a roadway, and your vision is obscured. The 2 warning devices you place behind your vehicle must be not less than _____ feet and not more than _____ feet from each other.
100; 500
When going down a steep downgrade, you should:
shift into a lower gear
You should always allow at least ______ to the left of any two-wheeled vehicle you are passing.
6 feet
Vehicles transporting ___________ shall use triangular reflectors instead of flares or fuses.
explosives, flammable liquids or gases
While operating on a public highway, all commercial vehicles must carry registration papers showing:
the weight of the vehicle empty and how much it is registered to haul
A single motor vehicle used only to transport cotton may not exceed a length of:
48 feet
All buses, school buses, taxis, and other vehicles hauling passengers for hire or lease, must carry a chemical type fire extinguisher with a capacity of at least:
1 quart
Professional truck drivers:
keep a gap between their truck and the car ahead in heavy traffic
If a chain, rope, or cable is used to tow another vehicle, a white flag not less than ______ inches square must be attached to it.
12
The length requirements for vehicles and combinations of vehicles:
do not apply if the vehicles are operated only within city limits
No combination of vehicles, other than a truck tractor-trailer combination may exceed ______ in length.
65 feet
When operated on a highway at night, all animal-drawn carts, implements of husbandry and road machinery must have _______ on the front and ______ on the rear.
1 white light; 2 red lights
Vehicles with wheels having cleats, flanges, studs, lugs, studs or spikes:
must not be operated on a highway
When towing a house trailer at night on a divided highway, your vehicle must be equipped with:
three flares, or three red electric lanterns, or three portable red emergency reflectors
When passing a motorcycle, you should:
move into the next or oncoming lane to pass
It is unlawful to drive a commercial motor vehicle with ________ on a highway.
wheels having cleats, lugs, studs or flange
Vehicles or combinations used exclusively to transport poles or pipes _________ the length or extension limits over the front and rear of a vehicle.
may exceed
Motor buses with air brakes that have three or more axles or four tires on the rear axle may be:
45 feet long
Generally, if a combination of vehicles is more than 3,000 pounds, the combination must be able to stop within ____ when traveling at 20 mph.
50 feet
If you must make an emergency stop on a divided highway, how many warning devices should you place behind your vehicle?
3
