Following large vehicles — Mississippi Permit Test
Following large vehicles on the Mississippi permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
When following a large vehicle at night, always dim your headlights, because bright lights reflect off its big side mirrors and blind the driver.
A truck driver blinded by glare in the mirrors cannot see the road or the cars nearby.
When following a large vehicle at night, always dim your headlights.
If stopped behind a large vehicle on an upgrade, leave extra space in case it drifts backward when it starts to move.
A heavy truck can roll back a little as it starts uphill, right into a car stopped too close.
If you are stopped behind a large vehicle on an upgrade, leave additional space in case the vehicle drifts backwards slightly when it starts to move.
When stopped behind a large vehicle, keep to the left in your lane so the driver can see you are there.
A car hidden right behind the trailer is invisible to the driver in the mirrors.
Remember to keep to the left in your lane so the driver can see that you are stopped behind the vehicle.
An average tractor-trailer weighs about 80,000 pounds, and oversized vehicles take longer to stop.
A car that cuts in front of a heavy truck leaves it no room to stop in time.
An average tractor-trailer weighs approximately 80,000 pounds. Oversized vehicles take longer to stop.
On the test
You are following a large truck at night. What should you do with your headlights?
Dim them. A truck driver blinded by glare in the mirrors cannot see the road or the cars nearby. Mississippi Driver's License Manual, p.72: “When following a large vehicle at night, always dim your headlights.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Mississippi Driver's License Manual, published by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS.pdf (Mississippi Driver's License Manual, Revised December 2024, Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS-exam.html (31 Miss. Code. R. 1-2.3 as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json under examSource)
- https://www.driverservicebureau.dps.ms.gov/Drivers/Learners_Permit (read 2026-10-04; links the manual, states no count or mark)
- https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000383c.pdf (Title 31 Part 1, Driver Services Administrative Code; Rule 2.3 item 9: "A grade of 80% will be required on any and all tests issued for a Temporary Permit.")
- https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00013644b.pdf (the 2006 filing whose "30 question" sentence the 2013 and 2014 re-filings struck; not used)