Michigan Permit Test (Segment 1 / SOS Knowledge Test) — All Questions

A red, eight-sided sign requires a driver to:

• a.Slow down only
• b.Make a complete stop✓
• c.Yield to trucks only
• d.Merge left

A red octagon is a STOP sign; you must stop completely at the stop line or crosswalk before proceeding when safe. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, signs)

A yellow, diamond-shaped sign usually means:

• a.Warning of a hazard or change ahead✓
• b.A posted speed limit
• c.A hospital is nearby
• d.A one-way street

Yellow diamond signs are warning signs that alert you to hazards or road changes ahead. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, warning signs)

A steady yellow traffic light means:

• a.Speed up to beat the red
• b.Stop and stay stopped
• c.The light is out of order
• d.The signal is about to turn red; prepare to stop✓

A steady yellow warns that the light is about to turn red, so stop if you can do so safely. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, signals)

A single broken (dashed) white line between lanes means:

• a.Passing is never allowed
• b.Traffic moves in opposite directions
• c.You may change lanes when it is safe✓
• d.The road ends ahead

A broken white line separates lanes going the same direction and may be crossed to change lanes when it is safe. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, pavement markings)

A solid white line along the edge of the road marks:

• a.The center of the road
• b.The right edge of the traffic lane✓
• c.A passing zone
• d.A bike-only lane in all cases

A solid white edge line marks the right boundary of the roadway to help keep you in your lane. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, pavement markings)

At a four-way stop, if two vehicles stop at the same time, right of way goes to:

• a.The larger vehicle
• b.The vehicle turning left
• c.The vehicle on the right✓
• d.Whoever arrived fastest

When two vehicles stop together at a four-way stop, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, right of way)

When you turn left at an intersection on a green light, you must:

• a.Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians✓
• b.Turn ahead of oncoming cars
• c.Stop fully before every left turn
• d.Sound your horn and turn

On a solid green light a left turn must yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians before completing the turn. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, turns)

You approach a crosswalk where a pedestrian is crossing. You must:

• a.Continue if you can go around
• b.Stop and yield to the pedestrian✓
• c.Honk to warn them
• d.Speed up to clear the crosswalk

Drivers must yield and stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, pedestrians)

Michigan's Move Over law requires that, when approaching a stopped emergency, police, or service vehicle with flashing lights, you:

• a.Speed past quickly
• b.Stop in the road
• c.Ignore it if you are not in that lane
• d.Slow down and, if safe, move over one lane✓

The Move Over law requires slowing down and moving over a lane, when it is safe, for stopped emergency and service vehicles with flashing lights. (Michigan Move Over law)

When merging onto a freeway from an entrance ramp, you should:

• a.Match the speed of freeway traffic and merge into a gap✓
• b.Stop at the end of the ramp and wait
• c.Merge at a very slow speed
• d.Force other cars to brake for you

Use the acceleration lane to reach freeway speed, then merge smoothly into an open gap. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, freeway driving)

A common rule for a safe following distance in good conditions is to stay at least:

• a.One car length back
• b.Right on the bumper ahead
• c.Two to three seconds behind the vehicle ahead✓
• d.Ten car lengths at all speeds

A two- to three-second gap gives time to react and stop, and it should increase in poor conditions. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, following distance)

Before you change lanes, you should always:

• a.Rely only on your mirrors
• b.Check your blind spot by looking over your shoulder✓
• c.Close the gap ahead first
• d.Turn without signaling

Mirrors leave blind spots, so glance over your shoulder before moving into another lane. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, lane changes)

When sharing the road with a bicyclist, a driver should:

• a.Pass with only inches of space
• b.Follow closely behind
• c.Expect the cyclist to ride on the sidewalk
• d.Pass at a safe distance and allow the cyclist room✓

Give bicyclists room and pass at a safe distance, since they have the right to use the road. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, sharing the road)

A school bus ahead of you stops and shows flashing red lights on a two-lane road. You must:

• a.Stop until the red lights stop flashing✓
• b.Pass slowly on the left
• c.Continue if no child is visible
• d.Pass on the right

You must stop for a school bus displaying flashing red lights and remain stopped until the lights turn off and the bus moves. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, school buses)

Under Michigan's basic speed law, you must:

• a.Always drive the posted maximum
• b.Drive at a speed that is safe for the conditions✓
• c.Drive as fast as traffic allows
• d.Never drive below the limit

The basic speed law requires a speed reasonable and safe for current road, weather, and traffic conditions, even below the posted limit. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, speed)

The maximum speed limit on most Michigan freeways, where posted, is:

• a.55 mph
• b.65 mph
• c.70 mph✓
• d.80 mph

Most Michigan freeways are posted at 70 mph, though some rural stretches are posted higher and others lower. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, speed limits)

On a snowy or icy Michigan road, you should:

• a.Slow down and increase your following distance✓
• b.Keep your normal speed
• c.Brake hard and often
• d.Follow closely to stay in tire tracks

Ice and snow reduce traction and lengthen stopping distance, so slow down and leave extra space. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, winter driving)

In a residential area with no posted sign, a common Michigan default speed limit is:

• a.45 mph
• b.55 mph
• c.10 mph
• d.25 mph✓

Unless posted otherwise, the default limit in Michigan residential areas is 25 mph. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, speed limits)

In Michigan, a driver 21 or older is legally intoxicated at a blood alcohol content (BAC) of:

• a.0.05% or higher
• b.0.08% or higher✓
• c.0.10% or higher
• d.0.12% or higher

The per-se legal limit for drivers 21 and older in Michigan is a BAC of 0.08% or higher. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, alcohol)

Under Michigan's Zero Tolerance law, a driver under 21 may be charged with a BAC as low as:

• a.0.02%✓
• b.0.08%
• c.0.05%
• d.0.10%

Michigan's Zero Tolerance law makes it illegal for drivers under 21 to drive with a BAC of 0.02% or higher. (Michigan Zero Tolerance law)

In Michigan's Graduated Licensing, a Level 1 (learner) driver may drive only when:

• a.Alone at any time
• b.Only on freeways
• c.Supervised by a licensed parent or adult in the front seat✓
• d.Between midnight and 5 a.m.

A Level 1 licensee must always be supervised by a licensed parent or designated adult 21 or older seated in the front passenger seat. (Michigan Graduated Licensing, Level 1)

A Michigan Graduated Licensing Level 2 (intermediate) driver typically faces which restriction?

• a.No driving on any road
• b.Must have an adult at all times
• c.May never carry passengers
• d.Limits on late-night driving and on young passengers✓

Level 2 drivers face restrictions on late-night driving and on the number of unrelated passengers under 21, before earning a full Level 3 license. (Michigan Graduated Licensing, Level 2)