Slow moving vehicles — Kentucky Permit Test

A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle on the rear of a Kentucky vehicle drawn by animal, farm equipment or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.

Closing on something doing fifteen while driving fifty-five happens far faster than it looks.

A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear of vehicles drawn by animal, farm equipment, or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.

During the day a Kentucky driver sees the fluorescent orange triangle in the center of the slow-moving vehicle symbol, and at night the reflective red border.

The same emblem reads two different ways, which is why it works in daylight and in headlights.

During night driving, you will see the reflective red boarder of the symbol.

A Kentucky driver should watch for tractors, combines and other farm equipment moving across the road and traveling on state highways in rural areas.

Farm machinery uses the road because it has to get between fields, and it appears where nothing else would.

Farm machinery – Watch for tractors, combines, and other farm equipment moving across the road and traveling on state highways in rural areas.

A Kentucky driver should remember that the operator of farm machinery cannot hear approaching vehicles.

A tractor cab is loud enough that the driver in it hears nothing outside.

Pass with caution and remember that the operator of the farm machinery cannot hear approaching vehicles.

Kentucky animal-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules of the road.

A horse and buggy has the same standing on the road as a car, and far less protection.

They have the same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules of the road.

A Kentucky driver passing an animal-drawn vehicle should not use the horn or rev the engine, because this may scare the horse and cause a crash.

A frightened horse takes the buggy and everyone in it wherever it goes.

Pass with caution and do not use your horn or “rev” the engine because this may scare the horse and cause a crash.

A Kentucky driver should anticipate left turns made by animal-drawn vehicles into fields and driveways.

A buggy turning left across the road is the crash a following driver does not expect.

To avoid other possible crashes, you should anticipate left turns made by animal-drawn vehicles into fields and driveways.

What speed does the Kentucky slow-moving vehicle emblem mean?

The vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph. Closing on something doing fifteen while driving fifty-five happens far faster than it looks. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.66: “A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear of vehicles drawn by animal, farm equipment, or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.”