A 3-minute lesson from the Kentucky course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Rural Kentucky roads carry farm equipment, horse-drawn buggies, horseback riders and sometimes ATVs. They move slowly, may not hear you, and suffer heavy damage and injury if hit—so pass only when it's clearly safe.
Slow-moving vehicle emblem
Slow-moving vehicle emblem
A fluorescent/reflective orange-and-red triangle on the rear of animal-drawn, farm or construction vehicles. By day you see the orange center; at night, the reflective red border.
Watch for tractors, combines and other farm equipment crossing or traveling on rural state highways. Pass with caution—the operator can't hear approaching vehicles.
Animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same right to the road and must follow the same rules. Pass with caution, don't honk or 'rev' your engine (it can scare the horse), and expect left turns into fields and driveways.
Under Kentucky law, any motor vehicle used for recreational off-road use. ATVs may not be operated on a public highway or its right-of-way, with some exceptions.
You come up behind a tractor with an orange triangle on a hilly two-lane road. It's going under 25 mph. Stay back until you have a long, clear view ahead, then pass with caution—the driver likely can't hear you coming.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
A slow-moving vehicle emblem (orange and red reflective triangle) indicates the vehicle travels at speeds under:
45 mph
25 mph
15 mph
35 mph
Answer: 25 mph
The fluorescent orange and red triangle emblem means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.
