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Vermont: Emergency vehicles and work zones — Part 1 Practice Test

Questions in this part include: “What does the manual say to show the officer when requested during a police stop?” · “According to the manual, where should a traffic offense be addressed instead of at the roadside?”

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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Vermont Driver's Manual" (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles.

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  1. You are not yet in the roundabout when an emergency vehicle approaches. What should you do?

    Top view of a single-lane roundabout: a blue car waits at the yield line of the bottom entry with a YIELD sign beside it, a white car circles in the roundabout, and an ambulance comes up close behind the blue car.
    • Enter and drive through to the next exit
    • Stop inside the roundabout
    • Pull over and let the emergency vehicle pass
    • Speed up and enter before it arrives
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    Correct answer: Pull over and let the emergency vehicle pass

    If you are not already in the roundabout, you pull over and let the emergency vehicle pass.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  2. You are already in the roundabout when an emergency vehicle approaches. When should you pull over?

    A single-lane roundabout with the blue car circulating and an ambulance with flashing lights coming up behind it in the circle.
    • Right away, where you are in the circle
    • After you have safely exited the roundabout
    • Only after the vehicle passes you in the circle
    • At the next entrance after the circle
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    Correct answer: After you have safely exited the roundabout

    If you are already in the roundabout, you pull over once you have safely exited it.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  3. How will police vehicles attempting to stop drivers signal them?

    Top view of a two-lane road with a broken yellow center line: a white-and-navy police car with its roof light bar dark drives behind a blue car in the same lane.
    • By sounding the horn and flashing the headlights only
    • By using a loudspeaker or a spotlight only
    • By flashing the brake lights several times
    • By turning on flashing lights, or flashing lights and a siren
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    Correct answer: By turning on flashing lights, or flashing lights and a siren

    Police vehicles stop drivers by turning on flashing lights, or flashing lights and a siren.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  4. When a police vehicle signals you to stop, where should you stop?

    A police car with its red and blue lights flashing, driving behind a blue car in the same lane
    • As close as you safely can to the right side of the road
    • In the center median of the divided highway ahead
    • In the middle of the next intersection
    • In the lane you are in, wherever you are
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    Correct answer: As close as you safely can to the right side of the road

    You drive as close as you safely can to the right side of the road.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  5. When signaled to stop by police, where must you NOT stop?

    A police car with its red and blue lights flashing, driving behind a blue car in the same lane
    • On the right side of the road
    • Safely at the right edge of the road
    • In an intersection
    • Right where the officer can see the car
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    Correct answer: In an intersection

    You must not stop in an intersection or pull into the center median of a divided highway.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  6. During a police stop, what should you do with your safety belt?

    A police car with flashing lights parked behind a white car on the shoulder, an officer at the driver's window and a red car passing
    • Unfasten it as soon as you stop
    • Keep it fastened until the officer has seen you wearing it
    • Unfasten it when the officer walks up to the car
    • Keep it unfastened so you can step out of the car quickly
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    Correct answer: Keep it fastened until the officer has seen you wearing it

    Keep your safety belt fastened until the officer has seen you wearing it.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  7. During a police stop, what should you do about your movements and those of your passengers?

    A police car with flashing lights parked behind a white car on the shoulder, an officer at the driver's window and a red car passing
    • Move around to find your documents quickly
    • Reach toward the glove box right away
    • Have passengers get out of the vehicle
    • Limit them
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    Correct answer: Limit them

    The manual tells you to limit your movements and those of any passengers.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  8. What does the manual say to show the officer when requested during a police stop?

    • Your license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance
    • Your license, vehicle registration and a second photo ID
    • Your license, proof of insurance and the vehicle title
    • Only your license and your vehicle registration
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    Correct answer: Your license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance

    You show your license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance when the officer requests them.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  9. During a police stop, what should you do unless the officer asks otherwise?

    A police car with its red and blue lights flashing, driving behind a blue car in the same lane
    • Get out and walk to the police vehicle
    • Get out and stand at the back of your vehicle
    • Stay in your vehicle
    • Get out and open the hood
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    Correct answer: Stay in your vehicle

    You stay in your vehicle and do not get out unless requested, for your safety and the officer’s.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  10. If you are stopped by police in a dimly lit area, what should you do after stopping and before the officer approaches?

    At night, a police car with flashing lights stopped behind a white car on the shoulder, and an officer walking up to the car
    • Turn off all the lights
    • Turn on the vehicle’s interior lights
    • Flash your high beams
    • Get out and wave to the officer
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    Correct answer: Turn on the vehicle’s interior lights

    In a dimly lit area, turn on the interior lights after stopping and before the officer approaches.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  11. According to the manual, where should a traffic offense be addressed instead of at the roadside?

    • At the scene, with the officer
    • On the way to the police station
    • Before the officer reaches your window
    • In court
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    Correct answer: In court

    The roadside is not the place to argue a traffic offense; there is time to address it in court.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 30 · Open this page in the manual

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  12. You see or hear a vehicle with flashing blue or red lights and/or a siren approaching from any direction. What does the law say you must do?

    An ambulance with flashing lights and its siren sounding coming up behind a blue car and a green car on a two-lane road
    • Pull over to the right side of the road and stop
    • Slow down and keep driving in your lane
    • Pull over to the left side of the road and stop
    • Speed up to get out of its way
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    Correct answer: Pull over to the right side of the road and stop

    The law says you must pull over to the right side of the road and stop.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  13. How long must you remain stopped after pulling over for an emergency or law enforcement vehicle with flashing lights or a siren?

    An ambulance with flashing lights and its siren sounding coming up behind a blue car and a green car on a two-lane road
    • Until its siren stops
    • For at least one minute
    • Until the vehicle has gone by
    • Until you can no longer see its lights
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    Correct answer: Until the vehicle has gone by

    You must remain stopped until the emergency or law enforcement vehicle has gone by.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  14. You see a stopped police vehicle with flashing blue lights, or a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing red lights. What must you always do?

    A police car with flashing red and blue lights stopped on the shoulder of a two-lane road, an officer beside it, as a blue car approaches in its lane
    • Stop behind it until it leaves
    • Proceed with caution (slow down)
    • Drive past it at your normal speed
    • Sound your horn as you pass
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    Correct answer: Proceed with caution (slow down)

    You must always proceed with caution and slow down when you approach these stopped vehicles.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  15. On a four-lane highway such as an Interstate, what does the law require when you approach a stopped police or emergency vehicle with flashing lights?

    A police car with flashing lights stopped on the shoulder behind a red car, as a blue car approaches in the right lane
    • A full stop behind the vehicle
    • Driving on the shoulder
    • An increase in speed to pass it quickly
    • A lane change, if you can do so safely
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    Correct answer: A lane change, if you can do so safely

    On a four-lane highway the law also requires you to make a lane change if you can do so safely.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  16. What does the law require when you approach a state, city or town maintenance vehicle working on a highway, such as a snowplow with flashing lights?

    Top view of a snow-covered two-lane road between snowy trees: an orange snowplow with its blade down and amber lamps lit drives in the right lane near the top, and a blue car follows far behind near the bottom.
    • Yield the right of way and proceed with caution
    • Pass it as quickly as possible
    • Stop until it leaves the highway
    • Follow it closely until it turns off the road
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    Correct answer: Yield the right of way and proceed with caution

    Drivers must yield the right of way to maintenance vehicles working on a highway and proceed with caution.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  17. What color flashing lights do towing and repair vehicles usually have?

    • Blue
    • Red
    • Amber
    • White
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    Correct answer: Amber

    Towing and repair vehicles usually have amber-colored flashing lights, and you use the same caution as for other stopped emergency vehicles.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 31 · Open this page in the manual

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  18. What is a work zone?

    Top view of a two-lane road where cones close the right lane for a work zone, with a work truck and two workers; your blue car approaches.
    • Any road where the speed limit has been lowered
    • A stretch of road that is closed to every kind of vehicle until crews finish
    • A lane reserved only for road crews and their equipment
    • An area along a highway with construction, maintenance, or utility work
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    Correct answer: An area along a highway with construction, maintenance, or utility work

    A work zone is an area along a highway where construction, maintenance, or utility work takes place.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 35 · Open this page in the manual

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  19. A work zone may be stationary, or it may be what?

    Top view of a two-lane road where cones close the right lane for a work zone, with a work truck and two workers; your blue car approaches.
    • A mobile operation that moves down the road slowly
    • A lane that is closed only at night for utility crews
    • A fixed area that is marked only by flashing lights
    • A permanent lane reserved for road crews and equipment
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    Correct answer: A mobile operation that moves down the road slowly

    Work such as line striping, mowing, and snow removal can move slowly down the road as a mobile work zone.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 35 · Open this page in the manual

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  20. Where do many work zone crashes occur, according to the manual?

    Top view of a one-way road with two lanes where a row of orange cones closes the right lane ahead, with an orange ROAD WORK AHEAD sign; a blue car approaches in the left lane.
    • Inside the work area, right beside the workers
    • After the work area, where drivers speed up again once they are past it
    • Before the actual work area, where drivers are slowing down or merging
    • At the spot where the flaggers are posted
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    Correct answer: Before the actual work area, where drivers are slowing down or merging

    Many crashes happen before the work area itself, where drivers slow down or merge.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 35 · Open this page in the manual

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  21. When approaching a work zone, when should you merge into the appropriate lane?

    Top view of a two-lane road where cones close the right lane for a work zone, with a work truck and two workers; your blue car approaches.
    • At the last moment, right at the lane closure
    • As soon as it is safe to do so
    • Only when all traffic has come to a stop
    • After you have passed the first work zone sign
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    Correct answer: As soon as it is safe to do so

    Merge into the appropriate lane as soon as it is safe, which is the courteous thing to do.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 35 · Open this page in the manual

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  22. What type of crash is most common in work zones?

    Overhead view of a two-lane road in a work zone: cones narrow the lane beside a work truck and workers, and your blue car follows a white car through it.
    • Head-on crashes
    • Crashes with workers on foot
    • Side-impact crashes at intersections
    • Rear end crashes
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    Correct answer: Rear end crashes

    Most work zone crashes are rear end crashes caused by driving too fast and following too closely.

    Source: ⁨Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024))⁩, page 35 · Open this page in the manual

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