Amber yellow blue move over — South Dakota Permit Test

On an interstate or highway with two or more lanes going your way, you must merge into the lane farthest from a stopped vehicle showing amber, yellow or blue warning lights.

Tow drivers and road crews stand inches from the lane, and a car passing close at speed can kill them.

When motorists are travelling on South Dakota interstates or highways with two or more lanes travelling in the same direction as the authorized emergency vehicle, merge into the lane farthest from the vehicle at least three hundred feet before the vehicle and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed.

You must merge over or slow down at least 300 feet (three hundred feet) before a stopped vehicle showing amber, yellow or blue warning lights.

Swerving or braking at the last second, right beside the stopped truck, is how cars skid into the people working there.

When motorists are travelling on South Dakota interstates or highways with two or more lanes travelling in the same direction as the authorized emergency vehicle, merge into the lane farthest from the vehicle at least three hundred feet before the vehicle and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed.

On a two-lane highway you must slow to at least 20 mph (twenty miles per hour) below the posted limit for a stopped vehicle showing amber, yellow or blue warning lights.

On a two-lane road you cannot always move over, so slowing down is what gives a worker time to jump clear.

On two lane highways, at least three hundred feet before the vehicle, motorists must slow to a speed that is at least twenty miles per hour less than the posted speed limit or five miles per hour when the speed limit is posted at twenty miles per hour or less and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed.

Where the posted limit is 20 mph or less, you must slow to 5 mph (five miles per hour) to pass a stopped vehicle showing amber, yellow or blue warning lights.

On slow streets the workers are often right in the lane, and even a car at 15 mph can knock one down.

On two lane highways, at least three hundred feet before the vehicle, motorists must slow to a speed that is at least twenty miles per hour less than the posted speed limit or five miles per hour when the speed limit is posted at twenty miles per hour or less and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed.

On a four-lane highway you come up on a stopped vehicle flashing amber lights. What must you do?

Merge to the lane farthest from it. Tow drivers and road crews stand inches from the lane, and a car passing close at speed can kill them. South Dakota Driver License Manual, p.2: “When motorists are travelling on South Dakota interstates or highways with two or more lanes travelling in the same direction as the authorized emergency vehicle, merge into the lane farthest from the vehicle at least three hundred feet before the vehicle and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed.”