Being passed — Missouri Permit Test

Being passed on the Missouri permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

If another vehicle begins to pass you, stay in your lane and do not increase your speed.

Speeding up turns a short pass into a long one, with both of you in the oncoming lane for longer.

If another vehicle begins to pass you, stay in your lane and do not increase your speed.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.38

If many vehicles are passing you in the right lane of a multi-lane road, you are probably going slower than the rest of the traffic and should move right when the way is clear.

Being passed on the right is the signal that you are in the wrong lane, whatever your speedometer says.

you are probably going slower than the rest of the traffic

Missouri Driver Guide, p.38

Vehicles moving in the same direction and lane at the same speed cannot hit one another, so slow down and keep pace with other traffic.

Crashes come from differences in speed, not from speed itself. Matching the traffic removes most of them.

Vehicles moving in the same direction and lane, and at the same speed cannot hit one another.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.38

Going much slower than other vehicles can be just as bad as speeding, because it makes traffic bunch up behind you.

A slow car gathers a line of traffic, and that line starts making risky passes. The danger is what it causes, not what it does.

It tends to make vehicles bunch up behind you and drivers then become impatient and pass you.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.38

If vehicles are piled up behind you, pull over and let them pass when it is safe to do so.

Letting them by costs you a few seconds and takes away every reason for anyone to force a pass.

If vehicles are piled up behind you, pull over and let them pass when it is safe to do so.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.38

On the test

Another vehicle begins to pass you. What should you do?

Stay in your lane and do not increase your speed. Speeding up turns a short pass into a long one, with both of you in the oncoming lane for longer. Missouri Driver Guide, p.38: “If another vehicle begins to pass you, stay in your lane and do not increase your speed.”

How this works

Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.

You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.

Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.

What it costs

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Missouri Driver Guide, published by the Missouri Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.