Buses streetcars and trolleys — California Permit Test
Buses streetcars and trolleys on the California permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Safety zones are spaces set aside for pedestrians waiting for buses, streetcars and trolleys, marked by raised buttons or markers on a road, and you may not drive through one under any condition.
People stand in those strips with traffic on both sides and nothing between them and it.
Safety zones are spaces set aside for pedestrians waiting for buses, streetcars, and trolleys.
When a bus, streetcar or trolley is stopped at a safety zone or traffic light, you may pass at no more than 10 mph.
People are stepping out from behind it, and ten miles an hour is a speed you can stop from.
When a bus, streetcar, or trolley is Safety zones are marked by dotted stopped at a safety zone or traffic light, white lines.
Do not overtake and pass a light rail vehicle or streetcar on the left side, whether it is moving or standing, unless the tracks are too close to the right, you are on a one-way street, or an officer directs you.
The left side of a streetcar is where the oncoming lane is, and where its doors are not.
Do not overtake and pass a light rail vehicle or streetcar on the left side,
On the test
What is a safety zone for?
Pedestrians waiting for a bus or streetcar. People stand in those strips with traffic on both sides and nothing between them and it. California Driver’s Handbook, p.43: “Safety zones are spaces set aside for pedestrians waiting for buses, streetcars, and trolleys.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against California Driver’s Handbook, published by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-21.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/CA.pdf (California Driver’s Handbook, DL 600 ENGLISH (REV. 6/2025), retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/CA.pages.txt (the pdftotext -layout fixture every citation here was cut against and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, CA entry — the folio offset of 6 and its basis, the three non-law pages, the two sign gallery pages, and the record of why California’s exam shape is this app’s own
- docs/plans/chosen-exam-shapes.md section 5 — the decision that a state publishing neither exam figure ships 40/32 with both disclosed
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