Bicycle collisions — Vermont Permit Test
Bicycle collisions on the Vermont permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Four common driver errors cause collisions with bicycles: turning left across an oncoming rider, turning right across a rider going straight, pulling out without checking, and opening a door into a rider's path.
Every one of them is a driver looking for a car and not seeing something narrower.
Opening a vehicle door into the path of a bicyclist.
Turning right at an intersection or driveway without checking for a bicyclist on your right, who is going straight ahead or coming off a sidewalk, is one of those four errors.
The rider on your right is going straight and has the road, and your turn crosses in front of them.
Turning right at an intersection or driveway without checking for a bicyclist on the right who is continuing straight ahead or coming off a sidewalk.
On the test
Which of these is one of the four common errors that strike a bicyclist?
Opening a vehicle door into the path of a bicyclist. Every one of them is a driver looking for a car and not seeing something narrower. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.41: “Opening a vehicle door into the path of a bicyclist.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)