Sharing the road with trucks — Arizona Permit Test

Sharing the road with trucks on the Arizona permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Don’t cut in front of trucks: it takes trucks twice as long to stop.

If you pull in and brake, the truck behind you has half the room it needs. It cannot stop in time.

It takes trucks twice as long to stop.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.52

Trucks have large blind spots, the “No-Zone”, around the front and back sides of the vehicle, so don’t hang out there.

If you ride in a blind spot, the truck driver cannot see you and may move into your lane.

Trucks have large blind spots around the front and back sides of the vehicle.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.52

Follow trucks at a safe distance; if you follow too closely you won’t be able to react quickly enough to changing traffic.

A truck blocks your view of the road ahead. Close behind it, you will not see trouble until it is too late.

If you follow too closely behind, you won't be able to react quickly enough to changing traffic conditions.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.52

Trucks make wide right turns, so do not pass a truck on the right if there is any possibility that it might turn right.

The truck swings left first, leaving a gap on the right. Drive into it and the truck turns into you.

To avoid a collision, do not pass a truck on the right if there is any possibility that it might make a right turn.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.52

On the test

Why should you not cut in front of a truck?

Trucks take twice as long to stop. If you pull in and brake, the truck behind you has half the room it needs. It cannot stop in time. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.52: “It takes trucks twice as long to stop.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, published by the Arizona Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-28.