Commercial Rules: Section 14 Overview

TX CDL #1- Commercial Rules- Section 14 1. Color of clearance lamps on front of a vehicle: Amber 2. When backing a large truck you should: Have someone guide you 3. Every trailer must have how many reflections on the rear: Two 4. When turning right with a long vehicle, if it is impossible to stay in the proper lane, you should: approach the corner about 4 feet from curb, then complete turn in center of street entered 5. Turn signal indicators are required on all motor vehicles made after: 1959 6. No combination of vehicles other than truck tractor-trailer combination may exceed: 65 feet 7. The load on a truck may not extend over the rear of the vehicle more than: four feet and three feet in the front 8. School buses, buses, taxi's etc for hire or lease must carry a chemical type fire extinguisher of at least: one quart capacity 9. The greatest height State law allows for a vehicle including its load is: 14 feet 10. When one truck is following another truck it must stay back far enough for how many vehicles to enter safely between them: One Vehicle 11. The greatest weight allowed by State law including load is: 80,000lbs 12. A slow moving vehicle emblem must be displayed only by: Vehicles designed to operate at 25 mph or less 13. Vehicle not required to have mud flaps: Pole trailer 14. The height from the ground for mounted reflectors must be at least: 24 in not more that 60 in 15. The greatest width allowed by State law for a truck including its load is: 102 in or 8 1/2 ft 16. Registration papers are required to be in the possession of the driver or on the vehicle when operating: All trucks 17. No passenger vehicle may be coupled with more than: One trailer 18. Mud flaps must reach how close to the surface: 8 in 19. Every bus or truck made after 1959 must have on the rear: Two stop lights 20. What vehicles must have mud flaps: All vehicles with four or more tires on the rear axle expect single truck tractors or pole trailers 21. When truck breaks down on a highway in the daytime the driver should set out: Two approved red flags 22. What vehicles are required by state law to stop at railroad grade crossings outside the city limits where no traffic controls are: Buses carrying passengers for hire 23. The length requirements of state law for vehicles including extensions over front and rear do not apply: within city limints 1/2 24. When one vehicle is towing another the distance between the two must not be greater than: 15 feet 25. The greatest length allowed by State law for a single motor vehicle other than a truck tractor is: 45 feet 26. Every farm tractor after 1972 must have: two head lamps 27. Details about registering your vehicle go to: Tax collector and assessor office 28. One purpose of requiring registration papers on trucks at all times is to show: weight of the truck empty and how much it is registered to haul 29. Clearance lights are required by State law for trucks or buses if the width is: 80 in or more 30. What color flag must at the end, if a load extents more than four feet over the rear: Red 31. It is unlawful to perate any motor vehicle on a highway with: Flanges or lugs on the wheels 32. To operate on the highway a motor vehicle or trailer having metal tires and weighting 5,000 lbs or more must have: a special permit form the Department of Transportation 33. Clearance lamps mounted on the rear or on the side near the rear of a vehicle must be what color: red 34. When towing another vehicle with a chain or cable, what color flag must be attached to the chain or cable: White 35. When going downhill with a commercial vehicle it is unlawful to: Coast 36. The first thing the driver of a disabled truck or bus should do is: set out flares, reflectors or flags 37. Before going down a steep grade with a commercial vehicle you should: Shift to a lower gear 38. To prevent damage to the highway it is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle with: studs or spikes on the wheels 2/2