Passing a motorcycle — Vermont Permit Test
Passing a motorcycle on the Vermont permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane. When passing a motorcycle, change lanes completely, and never cut in too closely just after you have overtaken one.
Sharing a lane with a bike leaves the rider nowhere to go if the surface ahead turns bad.
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane. When passing a motorcycle, change lanes completely.
Use your turn signals to alert a rider that you mean to pass, change lanes or turn, and allow a passing motorcyclist plenty of room rather than speeding up to stay ahead.
A rider has no metal around them, so a surprise from a car is a different event for them than for you.
Allow a passing motorcyclist plenty of room and never try to speed up to stay ahead of a motorcycle passing you.
On the test
How does a driver pass a motorcycle?
By changing lanes completely, as for any vehicle. Sharing a lane with a bike leaves the rider nowhere to go if the surface ahead turns bad. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.43: “Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane. When passing a motorcycle, change lanes completely.”
How this works
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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)