12 sample questions from a bank of 226.
1. Unless otherwise posted, what is the prima facie speed limit on a street (other than an alley) in an urban district in Texas?
- · 20 mph
- · 25 mph
- ✓ Answer: 30 mph
- · 35 mph
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.352)
2. What is the prima facie speed limit in an alley in an urban district in Texas?
- ✓ Answer: 15 mph
- · 20 mph
- · 25 mph
- · 30 mph
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.352)
3. Unless otherwise posted, what is the prima facie speed limit on a highway numbered by Texas or the U.S. that is outside an urban district?
- · 55 mph
- · 65 mph
- · 75 mph
- ✓ Answer: 70 mph
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.352)
4. For a highway outside an urban district that is NOT numbered by the state or the U.S., what is the prima facie speed limit in Texas?
- · 55 mph
- ✓ Answer: 60 mph
- · 65 mph
- · 70 mph
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.352)
5. What is the highest speed limit the Texas Transportation Commission may establish on a part of the state highway system designed for it?
- · 75 mph
- · 80 mph
- ✓ Answer: 85 mph
- · 90 mph
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.353)
6. Unless otherwise posted, what is the speed limit when driving on a beach in Texas?
- · 10 mph
- · 20 mph
- · 25 mph
- ✓ Answer: 15 mph
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.352)
7. Under the Texas basic (statutory) speed law, a driver must always drive at a speed that is:
- · Exactly the posted speed limit at all times
- ✓ Answer: Reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions
- · As fast as surrounding traffic is moving
- · At least 10 mph below the posted limit
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Speed Limits (Transp. Code §545.351)
8. At an intersection with no signs or signals (an uncontrolled intersection), when two vehicles reach it at about the same time, who must yield?
- · The larger vehicle
- · The faster vehicle
- ✓ Answer: The driver must yield to the vehicle on the right
- · The driver must yield to the vehicle on the left
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Right-of-Way (Transp. Code §545.151)
9. You are driving on an unpaved road that meets a paved road. What must you do?
- ✓ Answer: Yield to vehicles on the paved road
- · Proceed because unpaved roads have priority
- · Speed up to merge ahead of paved traffic
- · Stop only if a sign is posted
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Right-of-Way (Transp. Code §545.151)
10. At a T-intersection, the road you are on ends at a through road. What must you do?
- · Continue without stopping since you have priority
- · Sound your horn and proceed
- ✓ Answer: Yield to traffic on the through road
- · Force oncoming traffic to stop for you
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Right-of-Way (Transp. Code §545.151)
11. When you are turning left at an intersection, you must yield the right-of-way to:
- · Only pedestrians, never vehicles
- · Vehicles behind you
- · Nobody, because left turns have priority
- ✓ Answer: Oncoming traffic that is close enough to be an immediate hazard
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Right-of-Way (Transp. Code §545.152)
12. At a four-way stop, two vehicles arrive at exactly the same time. Who goes first?
- · The vehicle turning left
- ✓ Answer: The vehicle on the right
- · The vehicle that honks first
- · The vehicle on the left
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Right-of-Way (Transp. Code §545.151)