Motorist duties to bicyclists — Montana Permit Test
Motorist duties to bicyclists on the Montana permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Montana motorists may not intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle.
A car that crowds or blocks a rider on purpose can push them into a curb or a ditch.
Motorists may not intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle.
Motorists may pass a person riding a bicycle only when it can be done without endangering the rider or people in nearby vehicles.
A rushed pass around a bike can force the car into an oncoming one or clip the rider.
Motorists may not overtake and pass a person riding a bicycle unless it can be done without endangering the person riding on the bicycle, or those in any nearby motor vehicle.
Motorists must yield the right-of-way to a person riding a bicycle within a designated bicycle lane.
A car turning across a bike lane without yielding hits the rider from the side.
Motorists must yield the right-of-way to a person riding a bicycle within a designated bicycle lane.
On the test
What does Montana law forbid motorists to do to a person lawfully riding a bicycle?
Interfere with them on purpose. A car that crowds or blocks a rider on purpose can push them into a curb or a ditch. Montana Driver Manual, p.43: “Motorists may not intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Montana Driver Manual, published by the Montana Department of Justice, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pdf (Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pages.txt (scripts/mt-text.sh: pdftotext -layout except printed pp.24-26, which are plain; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT-exam.html (Administrative Rules of Montana 23.3.121, Road Signs and Road Rules, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, read 2026-10-04; states the seven-miss pass mark; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://mvdmt.gov/forms-driver-license/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)