Tractor trailer no zone — Arkansas Permit Test
Tractor trailer no zone on the Arkansas permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A car can disappear from a tractor-trailer driver's view up to 20 feet in front of the cab.
The driver sits high and cannot see the road just below the front bumper, so a car tucked in close ahead is invisible.
A car can disappear; up to 20 feet in front of the cab, on either side of the tractor-trailer (particularly alongside the cab), and up to 200 feet in the rear of the truck.
A car can disappear from a tractor-trailer driver's view up to 200 feet behind the truck.
A trucker has no rear window, so a car following close behind is out of sight and gets no warning if the truck stops.
A car can disappear; up to 20 feet in front of the cab, on either side of the tractor-trailer (particularly alongside the cab), and up to 200 feet in the rear of the truck.
A good rule when sharing the road with a tractor-trailer: if you cannot see the truck driver in the tractor's side mirror, the driver cannot see you.
Mirrors work both ways, so if you cannot see the driver's face in one, you are sitting where the truck could move into you.
An excellent rule for motorists sharing the road with a tractor-trailer is, “if you can’t see the truck driver in the tractor side mirror, the driver can’t see you.”
On the test
How far in front of a tractor-trailer's cab can a car disappear from the truck driver's view?
Up to 20 feet. The driver sits high and cannot see the road just below the front bumper, so a car tucked in close ahead is invisible. Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, p.65: “A car can disappear; up to 20 feet in front of the cab, on either side of the tractor-trailer (particularly alongside the cab), and up to 200 feet in the rear of the truck.”
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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)