Stopped police vehicle move over — Arkansas Permit Test
Stopped police vehicle move over on the Arkansas permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
On a multilane highway in Arkansas, you must move over, whenever possible, to the lane farthest away from a stopped law enforcement vehicle with its lights turned on.
Officers stand beside the traffic they stopped, and a car passing in the next lane can strike them or the driver they are talking to.
Arkansas law requires any motor vehicle on a multilane highway to move over, whenever possible, to the farthest lane away from any stopped law enforcement vehicle with its lights turned on.
A driver found guilty of breaking Arkansas's move-over law for stopped law enforcement vehicles may be ordered to do community service or have their driver's license suspended for up to 6 months.
Losing the right to drive for months makes the rule hard to ignore, because one passing car can kill someone at the roadside.
The court may order community service or suspend a person’s driver’s license up to six (6) months.
On the test
On a multilane highway, you come up on a stopped police car with its lights on. What does Arkansas law require?
Move to the lane farthest from it, if possible. Officers stand beside the traffic they stopped, and a car passing in the next lane can strike them or the driver they are talking to. Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, p.11: “Arkansas law requires any motor vehicle on a multilane highway to move over, whenever possible, to the farthest lane away from any stopped law enforcement vehicle with its lights turned on.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, published by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR.pdf (Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, Volume 1, Edition 10, October 2026, Arkansas State Police, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR-exam.txt (the text of the State Police's audio testing instructions, https://media.ark.org/dps/Audio-Testing-Instructions.pdf, read 2026-10-04; states the 20 correct answers that pass)
- https://dps.arkansas.gov/law-enforcement/arkansas-state-police/services-programs/driver-examination/ (read 2026-10-04; links the study guide and the audio testing instructions, states no count or mark)
- https://media.ark.org/dps/Non-Commercial-DL-Testing-Rules_Current-Effective-as-of-7.23.21.pdf (the State Police's Non-Commercial Driver's License Testing Rules, read 2026-10-04; Rule 1 sets the five-day retest wait and no figure)