Slow moving vehicles — Mississippi Permit Test
Slow moving vehicles on the Mississippi permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The slow-moving vehicle emblem marks vehicles that travel 25 mph or less.
You close on a slow vehicle much faster than you think, so you need to spot it early.
This emblem identifies SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES (vehicles that travel twenty-five miles per hour or less).
The slow-moving vehicle emblem is a fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear of animal-drawn vehicles, farm equipment or construction equipment.
The emblem is on the back so that drivers coming up behind see it in time.
A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear of vehicles drawn by animals, farm equipment, or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.
Pass farm machinery with caution, and remember that its operator may not hear approaching vehicles.
A tractor is loud, so its driver may turn or swing wide with no idea you are there.
Pass with caution and remember that the operator of the farm machinery may not hear approaching vehicles.
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 buggy has as much claim to the lane as you do, so you must wait to pass it safely.
They have the same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules of the road
When passing a horse, do not use your horn or rev the engine, because this may scare the horse and cause a crash.
A scared horse can bolt into your path or throw its rider into the road.
Do not use your horn or “rev” the engine because this may scare the horse and cause a crash
On the test
The slow-moving vehicle emblem marks vehicles that travel at what speed or less?
25 mph. You close on a slow vehicle much faster than you think, so you need to spot it early. Mississippi Driver's License Manual, p.34: “This emblem identifies SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES (vehicles that travel twenty-five miles per hour or less).”
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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)