Rural roads — Kentucky Permit Test

On a Kentucky gravel or dirt road traction is reduced, so a driver reduces speed, increases following distance and expects to skid when trying to stop.

Loose stone under the tires behaves like ice does, and it is just as hard to stop on.

You should reduce your speed, increase your following distance and realize you may skid when trying to stop your vehicle.

Kentucky rural roads are generally narrower and may have ditches or drop offs instead of shoulders, so a driver reduces speed, centers the vehicle in the lane and watches for oncoming traffic sharing it.

There is no shoulder to run onto, so a mistake on a rural road is a ditch.

Narrow roads – Rural roads are generally narrower and may have ditches or drop offs instead of shoulders.

At a Kentucky narrow or single-lane bridge the first driver to the bridge generally has the right of way.

Somebody has to go first, and being first to arrive is the rule the manual gives.

Take turns crossing the bridge; generally, the first driver to the bridge has right of way.

Kentucky open bridge gratings or steel bridges can reduce traction, so a driver reduces speed, increases following distance and maintains a firm grip on the steering wheel.

The steel surface pulls at the tires and the wheel moves in the driver's hands.

Reduce your speed, increase your following distance, and maintain a firm grip on the steering wheel.

Kentucky blind corners created by wooded areas, crops growing in fields and steep hills limit how far a driver can see, so speed is reduced and the driver is prepared to stop.

A cornfield in August hides a crossing road completely.

Areas of reduced vision – Blind corners created by wooded areas, crops growing in fields and steep hills can limit how far you can see.

Some Kentucky rural intersections are not controlled by yield or stop signs, so a driver approaching one slows down and is prepared to stop for crossing or oncoming traffic.

Nothing tells either driver who goes first, so both have to arrive ready to stop.

When approaching an uncontrolled rural intersection, slow down and be prepared to stop for crossing or oncoming traffic.

What does Kentucky say about stopping on a gravel or dirt road?

You may skid when trying to stop the vehicle. Loose stone under the tires behaves like ice does, and it is just as hard to stop on. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.69: “You should reduce your speed, increase your following distance and realize you may skid when trying to stop your vehicle.”