A 3-minute lesson from the Pennsylvania course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Some road users follow special rules. Horse-drawn buggies are slow and easy to spook, snow plows can't see you, pickup beds have passenger limits, and funeral processions may go through red lights. Everyone on the road has the same rights.
Know the rule
Many horse-drawn vehicles are dark and hard to see at dawn, dusk or night. When following or stopped behind one, leave plenty of room: they often roll backward, and following too closely limits the driver's view of you.
When passing a horse-drawn vehicle or horseback rider, don't drive too fast or blow your horn; it may spook the horse. Leave enough space before pulling back into the right lane.
Snow plow drivers have very limited mirror visibility and often turn around. Follow at a safe distance (also away from thrown salt and anti-skid material), watch for wing plows extending several feet, and don't pass a plow on the left or the right.
Yield to a funeral procession. Once the lead vehicle clears an intersection, the rest may proceed and other traffic must yield. Don't cut in or out unless a police officer or funeral director's agent directs you.
Procession drivers may go through a red light or stop sign if the lead vehicle entered on green; at a stop sign the lead vehicle must first stop completely. Processions must yield to emergency vehicles.
You're behind an Amish buggy on a two-lane road. Stay well back, don't honk, and when the oncoming lane is clear, pass slowly and leave plenty of space before moving back in front of the horse.
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.
An open-bed pickup truck carrying a passenger in the bed may not be driven faster than:
35 mph
45 mph
25 mph
55 mph
Answer: 35 mph
An open-bed truck with someone riding in the bed is limited to 35 mph.