Where passing is forbidden — Minnesota Permit Test
Where passing is forbidden on the Minnesota permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Do not pass on a curve or hill where you cannot see the road ahead for at least 700 feet.
You cannot pass what you cannot see past. Seven hundred feet is the room a pass needs.
On a curve or hill where you cannot clearly see the road ahead for at least 700 feet.
Do not pass within 100 feet of an intersection, underpass, tunnel or railroad crossing.
Each of those is a place something can come out sideways while you are in the wrong lane.
Within 100 feet of an intersection, underpass, tunnel or railroad crossing.
Do not pass when you are about to meet a vehicle coming toward you.
Two cars closing on each other cover the gap twice as fast as either one is driving.
When you are about to meet a vehicle coming toward you from the opposite direction.
When another driver is passing you, stay in your lane and do not increase speed.
Speeding up strands them in the oncoming lane with nowhere to go.
When another driver is trying to pass you, stay in your own lane and do not increase speed.
Do not pass where a “No Passing Zone” sign is posted or where a solid yellow line is on your side of the center line.
Both are the same message: somebody has measured the sight distance here and it is not enough.
Do not pass in locations where a “No Passing Zone” sign is posted or where there is a solid yellow line on your side of the center line.
On the test
How much clear road must you see ahead before passing on a hill?
At least 700 feet. You cannot pass what you cannot see past. Seven hundred feet is the room a pass needs. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.34: “On a curve or hill where you cannot clearly see the road ahead for at least 700 feet.”
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.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from