Question 1

Two drivers reach a four-way stop at exactly the same moment, at right angles. Who goes first?

Accepted Answer

The driver on the right. Wisconsin's tie-breaker is the driver on the right. It only comes into play when arrival really is simultaneous, because whoever clearly got there first goes first. Official wording: "If one or more driver arrives to the stop at the same time, the driver on the right goes first" (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 2

A school bus ahead of you stops on a two-lane road with its red lights flashing. How far back must you stop?

Accepted Answer

At least 20 feet. Wisconsin's figure is 20 feet, and it applies from either direction - 20 feet behind if you are following the bus, 20 feet in front if you are meeting it. Official wording: "When a school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing you need to stop at least 20 feet from it. You must stop whether the school bus is on your side of the road or the opposite side of the road." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 3

You are 17 and hold a Wisconsin instruction permit. How much alcohol may you have in your system while driving?

Accepted Answer

None at all. Wisconsin calls it absolute sobriety. Under 21, the permitted concentration is zero, and any detectable amount is a violation whether or not your driving was affected. Official wording: "The legal alcohol concentration allowed for drivers under the age of 21 is 0.00%. This means that you cannot have any alcohol in your system while driving a vehicle." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 4

How close to a fire hydrant may you park in Wisconsin, where no sign says otherwise?

Accepted Answer

No closer than 10 feet. Wisconsin's hydrant distance is 10 feet. A posted sign can demand more, but 10 feet is the statutory floor. Official wording: "Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, unless a greater distance is indicated by an official traffic sign." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 5

You are approaching a roundabout in Wisconsin. Who do you give way to before entering?

Accepted Answer

Traffic on your left that is already in the roundabout. Wisconsin roundabouts turn counterclockwise, so circulating traffic arrives from your left. You yield to it, and to pedestrians and bicycles at the crossing, before you enter. Official wording: "Yield to pedestrians and bicycles Yield to traffic on your left that is already in the roundabout" (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 6

You are following a snowplough on a highway posted at 55 mph, its lights flashing. How far back must you stay?

Accepted Answer

200 feet. Two hundred feet on any road posted above 35 mph. Below that the figure drops to 75 feet, and if the plough is stopped at an intersection you stop 20 feet back. Official wording: "Give snowplows at least 200 feet of room when their lights are flashing red, amber or green" (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 7

You hold a Wisconsin instruction permit. When may you use your phone while driving?

Accepted Answer

Only to report an emergency. Permit and probationary licence holders in Wisconsin may use a phone for one thing: reporting an emergency. Hands-free does not open it up. Official wording: "Instruction permit and probationary license holders can only use a cell phone to report an emergency." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 8

What does a flashing yellow arrow for a left turn mean in Wisconsin?

Accepted Answer

You may turn after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. A flashing yellow arrow is permission to turn once you have yielded. It is the unprotected phase, and oncoming traffic is looking at a green. Official wording: "Flashing Yellow Arrow - Yield first before turning and proceed with caution." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 9

You are on a rural Wisconsin highway with no speed limit signs and no other fixed limit applies. What is the maximum?

Accepted Answer

55 mph. Fifty-five is Wisconsin's statutory fall-back where nothing else is posted or specified. The handbook never prints it, which is why it catches people. Official wording: "In the absence of any other fixed limits or the posting of limits as required or authorized by law, 55 miles per hour." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 10

Who may sit beside a Wisconsin Class D instruction permit holder as the supervising driver?

Accepted Answer

A driver with at least two years of experience holding a valid regular licence. Two years of licensed experience and a valid regular licence - not a probationary or occupational one. They sit in the passenger seat beside you. Official wording: "The class D instruction permit holder must drive with someone else in the car. This person must have at least two years of licensed driving experience. This licensed driver must have a valid regular license. This license cannot be a probationary or occupational license." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 11

You are travelling the opposite way from a school bus stopped with its red lights flashing. When may you keep going?

Accepted Answer

When a barrier divides the road and the bus is on the other side of it. The exception is a divided highway, and Wisconsin defines that as a barrier between the opposing lanes. You must also be on the far side of it. Official wording: "If you are on a divided highway/roadway and not on the side of the school bus, you do not need to stop. A divided highway has a barrier between lanes going opposite directions." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 12

You are entering a Wisconsin roundabout at the same moment as a semitrailer already alongside you. What does the statute require?

Accepted Answer

You yield to it, because of its length and width. Wisconsin requires you to yield to any vehicle or combination at least 40 feet long or 10 feet wide at a roundabout, reducing speed or stopping if that is what it takes. Arriving first does not settle it. Official wording: "The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total length of not less than 40 feet or a total width of not less than 10 feet when approaching or driving through a roundabout at approximately the same time or so closely as to constitute a hazard of collision" (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 13

Which of these does Wisconsin statute prohibit outright, even for a momentary stop to let a passenger out?

Accepted Answer

Stopping on a crosswalk. Stopping on a crosswalk is prohibited outright. The hydrant, driveway and crosswalk-approach distances sit in the parking section, which permits a brief stop to load or unload with the driver present. Official wording: "No person may stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, in any of the following places: 346.52(1)(a)(a) Within an intersection. 346.52(1)(b)(b) On a crosswalk." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 14

You are on a motorcycle at a red light in Wisconsin. The signal is clearly vehicle-actuated and has not detected you, and no other vehicle is present. What may you do?

Accepted Answer

Proceed after stopping for at least 45 seconds, yielding to everything else. Wisconsin's dead-red rule lets a motorcycle, moped, motor bicycle or bicycle go through after stopping at least 45 seconds, if nothing else is there to trigger the signal and you reasonably believe it is vehicle-actuated. Official wording: "a motorcycle, moped, motor bicycle, or bicycle facing a red signal at an intersection may, after stopping as required under subd. 1. for not less than 45 seconds, proceed cautiously through the intersection before the signal turns green if no other vehicles are present at the intersection to actuate the signal" (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 15

A tow truck with red lamps flashing is stopped on the shoulder of a two-lane road, and you cannot change lanes safely. What does Wisconsin require?

Accepted Answer

Slow down and stay at a reduced speed until you are past it. Where there is no second lane, or changing lanes is not safe, Wisconsin's move-over law requires you to slow to a safe speed and stay slow until you are completely past. Official wording: "Slow the motor vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for traffic conditions, and operate the motor vehicle at a reduced speed until completely past the emergency or roadside service vehicle or disabled vehicle." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 16

A double solid yellow line runs down the centre. The vehicle ahead is a tractor doing 15 mph in a 40 mph zone. May you cross the line to pass?

Accepted Answer

No - the exception does not cover farm equipment. Wisconsin's under-half-the-speed-limit exception explicitly excludes farm equipment. A tractor is exactly the case the exception is written not to cover. Official wording: "Exceptions: You can cross the line if you turn into a driveway and it is safe to do so. You can pass a vehicle going less than half the speed limit if it is safe, except if it is farm equipment." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 17

You are 17 and hold a Wisconsin probationary licence issued four months ago. It is 1 a.m. and you want to drive to a friend's house. May you?

Accepted Answer

No - between midnight and 5 a.m. you may drive alone only between home, school and work. The midnight-to-5 a.m. window restricts where you may go alone: home, school and work. A qualified supervising driver in the passenger seat lifts it. Official wording: "From 12 a.m. to 5 a.m., you can drive: Alone only IF driving between home, school and/or work." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 18

You are 22 and driving in Wisconsin with an opened bottle of wine in the glove compartment. Is that lawful?

Accepted Answer

No - the glove compartment counts as the area occupied by the driver and passengers. Wisconsin names the glove compartment specifically. An opened bottle must ride in the trunk, or in some other area not normally occupied by the driver or passengers. Official wording: "This subsection does not apply if the bottle or receptacle is kept in the trunk of the vehicle or, if the vehicle has no trunk, in some other area of the vehicle not normally occupied by the driver or passengers." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 19

A car ahead of you has stopped at a mid-block crosswalk to let a pedestrian across. What may you not do?

Accepted Answer

Overtake and pass it. Wisconsin forbids overtaking a vehicle that has stopped to let someone cross. The stopped car is hiding the pedestrian from you and from everyone behind. Official wording: "At an intersection or crosswalk where traffic is not controlled by traffic control signals or by a traffic officer, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or personal delivery device," (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 20

You are 16, hold a Wisconsin instruction permit, and want to practise driving after dark. Who must be in the passenger seat?

Accepted Answer

A qualified instructor, or a licensed driver aged at least 25 with two years' experience. After dark the supervisor bar rises to a qualified instructor or a licensed driver of at least 25 with two years of licensed experience. Official wording: "If you operate a vehicle during hours of darkness, you must be accompanied by a qualified instructor or a licensed person 25 years of age with at least two years of licensed driving experience occupying the seat beside you." (Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (WisDOT Division of Motor Vehicles, 2026, BDS126)).

Question 21

You are on a three-lane Wisconsin freeway and a police car is stopped on the right shoulder with its lights flashing. What does the law require?

Accepted Answer

Move out of the lane nearest the police car and stay there until you are past. Where the road has more than one lane in your direction and you can change safely, you move over and stay out of the adjacent lane until you are clear. Official wording: "Move the motor vehicle into a lane that is not the lane nearest the parked or standing emergency or roadside service vehicle or disabled vehicle and continue traveling in that lane until safely clear of the emergency or roadside service vehicle or disabled vehicle." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 22

You reach a Wisconsin roundabout first. A 45-foot bus arrives beside you a moment later, in the other approach lane. What must you do?

Accepted Answer

Yield to the bus and, if necessary, stop. Wisconsin requires you to yield to any vehicle at least 40 feet long or 10 feet wide at a roundabout, reducing speed or stopping if that is what it takes. Arriving first does not override it. Official wording: "The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total length of not less than 40 feet or a total width of not less than 10 feet when approaching or driving through a roundabout at approximately the same time or so closely as to constitute a hazard of collision" (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 23

Match the vehicle to Wisconsin's stopping distance: a school bus flashing red, an emergency vehicle reversing into a fire station, and a pedestrian with a white cane.

Accepted Answer

20 feet, 30 feet, 10 feet. Twenty feet from the school bus, 30 feet from the fire-station manoeuvre, and 10 feet from the pedestrian with a white cane. Three rules, three different numbers. Official wording: "The operator of a motor vehicle approaching an authorized emergency vehicle shall stop not less than 30 feet from that vehicle and shall remain stopped, if all of the following apply:" (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

Question 24

You park on a Wisconsin street 12 feet from a fire hydrant, 5 feet from a driveway and 20 feet from a crosswalk. Which of these breaks the law?

Accepted Answer

None of them. All three clear Wisconsin's minimums: 10 feet from a hydrant, 4 feet from a driveway, 15 feet from a crosswalk. You are inside the law on every one. Official wording: "Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, unless a greater distance is indicated by an official traffic sign." (Wisconsin Statutes (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)).

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