Keeping right and lane use — Minnesota Permit Test

Keeping right and lane use on the Minnesota permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

On a road with one lane in your direction, a driver going slowly enough to be a hazard must keep as close as possible to the right edge.

Traffic stacks up behind a slow car, and the pile is where the impatient passing starts.

When driving on a road with one lane in your direction, if you are going slow enough to create a traffic hazard, you must drive as close as possible to the right-hand curb or edge of the road.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33

On highways with more than one lane in the same direction, drive in the right-hand lane when it is available.

Keeping right leaves the other lane free for the traffic that is actually passing.

On highways with more than one lane in the same direction, drive in the right-hand lane when available.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33

In the left-most lane, move over to let another vehicle pass when it is practical.

A car sitting in the passing lane turns a pass into an overtake on the right, which is the risky one.

If you are in the left-most lane, move out of the lane to allow another vehicle to pass when practical.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33

You may use the left lane when preparing for a left turn at an intersection, a private road or a driveway.

The turn starts from the left lane, so being there is the point rather than an exception to it.

When preparing for a left turn at an intersection, or into a private road or driveway.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33

You may use the left lane when preparing to exit an expressway, freeway or interstate on the left side.

Some exits leave from the left, and a driver held to the right lane would miss them.

When preparing to exit an expressway, freeway or interstate highway on the left side.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33

You may use the left lane when directed by a traffic control device, a peace officer or a highway work zone.

Whoever is directing traffic can see something the lane rules were not written for.

When directed by an official traffic control device, a peace officer or in a highway work zone.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33

On the test

What must a slow driver do on a road with one lane each way?

Keep as close as possible to the right edge. Traffic stacks up behind a slow car, and the pile is where the impatient passing starts. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.33: “When driving on a road with one lane in your direction, if you are going slow enough to create a traffic hazard, you must drive as close as possible to the right-hand curb or edge of the road.”

How this works

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.