Cdl Tx - School Bus Sec. 14 (Your First Test)

Front 1

All commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, trail-
ers, or semitrailers must carry ______________ on the vehicles while operating on a public
highway. These papers shall show the _________________________.

Back 1

1) registration papers (receipt for
license plates)
2) weight of the vehicle
empty and how much it is registered to haul.

Front 2

If you wish to haul a load or move equip-
ment that is ____ _____ _____ ____ than the law
allows, you must obtain a __ __ from the Texas
Department of Transportation. A __ will not be granted if
the load can reasonably be __.

Back 2

heavier, longer, wider, or higher
special permit
permit
dismantled

Front 3

No person shall operate a
truck, bus, truck tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a house
trailer, upon any highway outside the city limits or upon any
divided highway at any time from a half hour after sunset to
a half hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in
such vehicle the following:_____ _____ or _____
During times when lighted lamps are not required________ must be used in place .........

Back 3

least three flares, or three red
electric lanterns, or three portable red emergency reflectors.
2) two red flags

Front 4

Motor vehicles transporting explosives or any cargo tank
truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid or
compressed flammable gases, or any motor vehicle using
compressed gas as a fuel shall not use ____ _____ ____ D.O.T. approved ___ ___ can be used in lieu of the above equipment.

Back 4

flares, fusees, or any
signals produced by flame.
2)triangular reflectors

Front 5

The first thing the driver of a disabled vehicle must do is __________________.

Back 5

put out the proper flares, flags, or reflectors.

Front 6

When any truck, bus, truck
tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer _____ or more
in width or _____ or more in overall length is stopped upon
a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the driver shall immediate-
ly These _____ need not be dis-
played, however, by a vehicle ______ or ___________.

Back 6

80 inches
2) 30 feet
3)actuate electric hazard warning signal lights, flashers
which flash simultaneously.
4) lights
5) legally parked inside the city
limits or when stopped to receive or discharge passengers.

Front 7

All school buses, buses, taxis, and other vehicles hauling
passengers for hire or lease, must carry a __________

Back 7

chemical type fire
extinguisher of at least one quart capacity.

Front 8

Commercial vehicles that are subject to the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations must be equipped with a ____ and located so ____. It must be ____ on the vehicle

Back 8

1) fire extinguisher that is properly filled
2) so that it is readily accessible for use
3) securely mounted

Front 9

Reflectors must be mounted not
less than_____ nor more than ____ in height above
the ground on every pole trailer and on trucks, buses, truck
tractors, trailers, semitrailers which ____ in width.

Back 9

24 inches
60 inches
80 or more inches

Front 10

Under certain conditions,______
are exempt from lighting requirements. _____ being
moved under permit are exempt from lighting and reflector
requirements.

Back 10

1) farm, fertilizer, and boat trailers
2) Mobile homes

Front 11

If you are broken down on a straight level two way road at night your reflectors should be:

Back 11

100ft in front, 10ft and 100ft in the rear.

Front 12

If you are broken down on a straight level divided highway at night your reflectors should be:

Back 12

10ft, 100ft and 200ft in the rear.

Front 13

If you are broken down on a two lane vision obscured road at night your reflectors should be:

Back 13

100ft in front, 10ft and 100ft to 500ft in the rear.

Front 14

What lights and reflectors are required on a truck or bus less than 80 inches wide:

Back 14

On each side of the vehicle,Headlamps and amber/white turn signals on the front, in the rear one white license plate lamp, two red tail, two red stop, two red reflectors, two turn signals, no side markers required.

Front 15

What lights and reflectors are required on a truck or bus 80 inches or more wide:

Back 15

On each side of the vehicle, Headlamps and amber/white turn signals on the front and two amber clearance lamps on the rear one white license plate lamp, two red tail, two red stop, two red reflectors, two turn signals and two red clearance lamps. On the side an amber reflector and amber marker in the front and a red reflector and red marker in the back.

Front 16

Trailers 80" or over must have what additional markers/lights?

Back 16

In the middle of the trailer an ambers reflector at the bottom and amber light at the top.

Front 17

Flashing lights are permitted on
___ ___ ___ These lights are also allowed to be
used by tow trucks under the direction of a law
enforcement officer at the scene of an accident or
while hooking up a disabled vehicle in the roadway.

Back 17

emergency vehicles, on snow removal equipment, and
on school buses when stopping or stopped for children
to board or alight.

2)tow trucks

Front 18

When
operated on the highway at night all animal-drawn
vehicles, implements of husbandry, road machinery,
road rollers, and farm tractors not otherwise required
to have ___________________

Back 18

lamps or lighting devices must have a white
light on the front visible for 1,000 feet and two red
lights on the rear visible for 1,000 feet, or one red light
to the rear visible for 1,000 feet and two red reflectors
visible for 600 feet.

Front 19

Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers with a
gross weight of ___ pounds or less are exempt
from ____ requirements.

Back 19

1) 4,500
2) brake requirements.

Front 20

Trailers, semitrailers, and
pole trailers with a gross weight in excess of ____
pounds and which do not exceed ____ pounds
and operated at speeds of __ miles per hour are not required to be equipped with brakes.

Back 20

1) 4,500
2) 15,000
3) under 30

Front 21

Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers with a gross
weight in excess of 4,500 pounds and which do not
exceed 15,000 pounds and are operated at speeds
in ________ miles per hour must have brakes
acting on both wheels of the rear axle.

Back 21

1) 4,500
2) 15,000
3) over 30

Front 22

Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trail-
er, and combination of such vehicles equipped with
brakes shall have the braking system so arranged
that ______________________.

Back 22

one control device can be used to operate all
brakes.

Front 23

_____________ may be
used on trailers and semitrailers with a gross weight
of 15,000 pounds or less.

Back 23

Surge or inertia brake systems

Front 24

Generally, if the trailer and the com-
bination is __ pounds or less, the combination
must be able to stop within __ feet when traveling
__ miles per hour; if the trailer and the combination
is in excess of __ pounds, the combination must
be able to stop within __ feet when traveling __
miles per hour.

Back 24

3,000 pounds or less
40
20
excess of 3,000 pounds
50
20

Front 25

All motor vehicles, trailers,
semitrailers, or pole trailers except motorcycles and
certain trailers shall be __ , except that passenger cars or trucks year model ___ need not be equipped with electrical
turn signals unless the body or load of the vehicle or
combination of vehicles extends to side more than 24
inches from the center of the top of the steering wheel,
or the rear limit of the body or load exceeds more than
14 feet from the center of the top of the steering wheel.

Back 25

1) equipped with electrical turn
signal lights,
2) 1960

Front 26

All trucks and trailers with____ on the rear axle must be equipped with safety
guards or mud flaps behind the rear wheels. These
flaps must reach to within ____ of the surface of the
highway and are for the purpose of preventing the
slinging of mud and slush. This provision does not
apply to pole trailers or to a truck tractor when it is
being operated alone and without being in combination
with a semitrailer.

Back 26

1) four or more tires
2) 8 inches

Front 27

Every farm tractor and
every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or imple-
ment of husbandry manufactured or assembled after
January 1, ____, shall be equipped with the following
lamps and reflectors:

Back 27

1) 1972
2) Two head lamps.
3) One taillight mounted as far to left as practicable.
4) Two red reflectors.
5) Vehicular hazard warning lights (flashers) which
show white or amber to the front, and red or amber
to the rear. These lights must be activated when the
vehicle is being operated on any highway.

Front 28

Slow-Moving Vehicle Emblem. This emblem is
now a requirement for all slow-moving vehicles. Slow-
moving vehicles are those designed to operate at a
maximum speed of ___ mph or less, and the term
includes all vehicles, farm and other machinery, and
road machinery being drawn by animals or by slow-
moving motor vehicles.

Back 28

25

Front 29

following do not need the special
emblem:
1) A vehicle being used in actual ___ ___ while traveling within the limits of a ___ ___ marked as required by the State
Highway Commission;
2) An implement or machinery being towed by a
slow-moving vehicle bearing an emblem if this
emblem remains visible.

Back 29

1) construction work
2) construction area
3) implement or machinery

Front 30

It is unlawful to operate on
a highway any vehicle with wheels having _______________ on the rim
which would damage the road. This does not prevent
the use of tire chains for safety.

Back 30

1) cleats, lugs, flanges, studs, spikes, or other extensions
2)tire chains

Front 31

Vehicles including loads transported may not
exceed ___ inches in width

Back 31

102

Front 32

Maximum Length: Single motor vehicle other than a truck tractor is
__ feet.
b. A semitrailer may not exceed __ feet when operated in a truck tractor and semitrailer combination.

Back 32

45
59

Front 33

A semitrailer or trailer may not exceed a length of
___ feet each when operated in a truck tractor,
semitrailer, and trailer combination.
d. No combination of vehicles, other than a truck
tractor-trailer combination may exceed feet. (See
exceptions.)

Back 33

28-1/2
65

Front 34

Vehicle Combinations. No passenger vehicle or
other motor vehicle with an unloaded weight of less
than ____ pounds may be coupled with more than
one other vehicle. Not more than ___ vehicles may
be operated in a combination.

Back 34

1) 2,500
2) three

Front 35

The greatest weight allowed for any
vehicle or combination of vehicles including the load is
_____ pounds.

Back 35

80,000

Front 36

If the
gross weight of your vehicle is found to exceed the
maximum gross weight allowed by law plus a toler-
ance of __, you may be required to unload to the limit
provided by law plus the tolerance, or if the axle weight
is found to exceed the maximum allowed, the driver
may be required ________ ________ to the limits provided. Trucks carrying live-
stock, timber or pulpwood, or agricultural products in
their natural state from the place of production to the
place of market or first processing shall not be required
to unload any portion of the load.

Back 36

5%
to rearrange the cargo or unload the
vehicle

Front 37

No vehicle, including the load it is hauling,
may be more than __ feet in height from ground to the
top of the load.

Back 37

14

Front 38

No vehicle may
carry a load extending more than ___ feet beyond the front nor more than ___ feet beyond the rear,
unless a special permit is obtained.

Back 38

three
four

Front 39

When any load
extends more than four feet beyond the rear, there
must be attached on the extreme rear of such extension, _______ at night a ________ visible for __________.

Back 39

a red flag at least twelve inches square during
daylight hours and at night a burning red light visible
for 500 feet.

Front 40

Motor vehicles or com-
binations thereof used exclusively for the transporta-
tion of poles or pipes may exceed the length or exten-
sion limits over front and rear of a vehicle, except that
such vehicles may not exceed ___ feet in length and
may be operated only _______

Back 40

1) 65
2) between sunrise and sunset.

Front 41

When one vehicle is towing another, the
drawbar, chain, rope, cable, or other connection must
not be longer than ___ feet from one vehicle to the
other.
When a chain, rope, or cable is used as a connection,
a ______ must
be attached to it.

Back 41

1) fifteen
2) white flag not less than twelve inches square

Front 42

Vehicles, trailers, etc., weighing ____
pounds or more, with metal tires, may not be operated
on a highway without a special permit.

Back 42

5,000

Front 43

A single motor vehicle used only to transport seed
cotton modules, cotton, or equipment used in trans-
porting or processing of cotton may operate up to ___
inches in width provided the vehicle is registered with
a “Cotton Vehicle” license plate. Vehicles carrying
cylindrically shaped bales of hay may not exceed ___
inches in width.

Back 43

120
144

Front 44

Motor buses with air brakes that have three or more
axles or four tires on the rear axle may be __ feet long;
otherwise __ feet.

Back 44

45
35

Front 45

The length requirements for vehicles and combina-
tions of vehicles do not apply if they are operated __________.

Back 45

only
within city limits.

Front 46

A combination of vehicles, other than truck tractor
combinations, of not more than __ feet long may be
used from sunrise to sunset to haul poles, piling, and
unrefined timber from the forest to a mill not more than
__ miles away.

Back 46

90
125

Front 47

It is unlawful for a commercial motor
vehicle to _________.

Back 47

coast down any grade even with the clutch
disengaged while the transmission is left in gear.

Front 48

When one truck is following another
truck or vehicle, it must keep far enough back to allow ________.

Back 48

another vehicle to overtake and enter the space
between them safely.

Front 49

A large or long vehicle is
much more difficult to back safely than a smaller one.
These practices are recommended.

Back 49

a. When you must back, get out and walk around
your truck and make certain there is nothing behind.
Then back immediately and watch carefully.
b. Use both rearview mirrors. You can’t see the right
side while hanging out the left door.
c. If necessary to back some distance, stop part
way, then get out and check your progress.
d. Try to have someone standing in a safe place to
guide you by signaling.
e. Park where you will not have to back to get away
from the parking place.
f. Never back around an intersection corner to turn
around.
g. If you have to back in or out of a driveway, where
possible, back into the driveway from the street so
that you can drive out forward and see where you
are going.
h. When backing over a sidewalk into a street, stop
at the sidewalk to make especially certain that there
is no child playing behind or close by. Stop again at
the curb to make a last check on traffic before back-
ing into the street.

Front 50

Buyers temporary cardboard tags are recognized for

Back 50

20 days;

Front 51

Farm registered vehicles, in addition to use for farm
and ranch purposes, may be used as a means of pas-
senger transportation for members of the family to

Back 51

attend church or school, to visit doctors for medical
treatment or supplies, or for other necessities of the
home or family - but not for gainful employment.

Front 52

he period for which out-of-state registration plates
are recognized in Texas after establishing residency or
entering into gainful employment is

Back 52

30 days.

Front 53

For registration applications and detailed informa-
tion, consult your

Back 53

County Tax Assessor-Collector or
the Motor Vehicle Division of the Texas Department of
Transportation. Additional information may also be
obtained from Department of Public Safety publica-
tions pertaining to commercial vehicles.

Front 54

Maintains a ___ following distance on the
open road.

Back 54

four-second

Front 55

Increases the distance of the gap to ___
bad weather (more reaction time) to compensate for
poor traction and actions of less experienced car driv-
ers.

Back 55

6-8 seconds in