Slow moving vehicle emblem — Montana Permit Test

A slow-moving vehicle, animal-drawn vehicle or road machinery that normally runs at or under 25 mph must display a slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear.

A driver closing at 70 mph on a vehicle doing 20 has seconds to see it is barely moving.

Any slow-moving vehicle or equipment, animal-drawn vehicle, or road construction or maintenance machinery normally operating at or under 25 miles per hour must display an emblem on the rear of the vehicle as described below, except for road construction or maintenance machinery engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and guarded by a flagger or warning signs.

Road construction or maintenance machinery actually at work and guarded by a flagger or warning signs does not need the emblem.

The flagger and signs already warn traffic, so the emblem adds nothing there.

Any slow-moving vehicle or equipment, animal-drawn vehicle, or road construction or maintenance machinery normally operating at or under 25 miles per hour must display an emblem on the rear of the vehicle as described below, except for road construction or maintenance machinery engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and guarded by a flagger or warning signs.

The slow-moving vehicle emblem is a fluorescent yellow-orange triangle, 14 inches at the base and 14 inches high, with a red reflective border.

Knowing the emblem on sight tells you at once to slow down behind that vehicle.

The emblem is a triangle of fluorescent yellow-orange color with a base of 14” and 14” in height.

The emblem must be mounted in the center of the rear of the vehicle, three to five feet above the road.

An emblem set too low hides behind the hood of the car following.

The triangle must have a border with reflective red stripes one and three-quarters inches wide and be mounted in the center of the rear of the vehicle at a height of three to five feet above the roadway.

On a two-lane highway, a slow-moving vehicle that blocks passing traffic must pull over at the first safe opportunity to let vehicles pass.

A long line stuck behind a tractor tempts someone into a blind pass.

On a two-lane highway when the slow-moving vehicle does not leave a clear lane for overtaking traffic and passing vehicles, the slow-moving vehicle must, at the first safe opportunity, with sufficient room for turnout, pull over to allow other vehicles to pass.

A vehicle that normally runs at or under what speed must show a slow-moving vehicle emblem?

25 mph. A driver closing at 70 mph on a vehicle doing 20 has seconds to see it is barely moving. Montana Driver Manual, p.18: “Any slow-moving vehicle or equipment, animal-drawn vehicle, or road construction or maintenance machinery normally operating at or under 25 miles per hour must display an emblem on the rear of the vehicle as described below, except for road construction or maintenance machinery engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and guarded by a flagger or warning signs.”