Rules of the Road Quiz Test your knowledge for bicycle and pedestrian rules of the road. Question Title * 1. Is it legal to ride bikes on the sidewalk? A. No B. Yes C. No and Yes OK Question Title * 2. What is the minimum clearance motorists should give cyclists on roadways? A. One Foot. B. Three Feet. C. Far enough away that neither party can touch each other. OK Question Title * 3. Bicyclists are required to ride on the shoulder or to surrender the lane to vehicles when riding on the road. A. True B. False OK Question Title * 4. Is it legal for bicyclists to ride through red lights? A. No - except except if the intersection uses a traffic sensor that does not detect the rider. That rider, after coming to a complete stop, and waiting at least 120 seconds to confirm the sensor, then proceeds while yielding to all cross traffic. B. Yes OK Question Title * 5. On a given street or roadway, where is a cyclists supposed to ride? A. The right lane. B. The left lane. C. As close as is practicable to the right-hand curb or the edge of the roadway. D. All of the above. OK Question Title * 6. In Indiana a cyclist must ride in a bike lane when available. A. True B. False OK Question Title * 7. Pedestrians are allowed to walk in bike lanes as long as they are walking facing traffic. A. True B. False OK Question Title * 8. Two-way cycling is allowed in bike lanes regardless of the direction of automobile traffic. A. True B. False OK Question Title * 9. How big of a pack of people on bikes can ride legally in a lane of traffic? A. Two abreast. B. One, in single file. C. Any number of bikes in a lane of traffic is just fine. OK Question Title * 10. Do bikes need lights for legal nighttime riding? A. Bikes or their riders must have a front-facing white light that is visible at 500 feet ahead and a rear-facing red reflector that is visible from 500 feet when directly in front of the lower beams of automobile headlights. B. Bikes with lights that are visible from a distance of at least 500 feet both front and back are legal for nighttime riding. C. Bikes at night need sufficient reflective surfaces to be made visible in darkness from 500 feet when shown with low beams of a motor vehicle. D. Bikes can have flashing front white lights or flashing red rear lights, or both. E. All of the above. OK Question Title * 11. Are cars ever allowed in bike lanes? A. Only to turn or maneuver to park, as long as the driver yields right-of-way to any bicycles in the lane. B. Anytime they want. C. When making a turn through a bike lane, motorists are actually required by law – after yielding right-of-way to cyclists, to enter the bike lane before turning to make their intentions obvious. OK Question Title * 12. People on bikes are required to signal their turns. A. True B. False OK Question Title * 13. Motor vehicles and bicyclists should always yield to pedestrians. A. True B. False OK DONE
