Passing on the right — Vermont Permit Test
Passing on the right on the Vermont permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A driver may pass on the right of another vehicle on a multilane road. On roads that are not multilane, you may pass on the right of a vehicle or bicycle that is turning or preparing to turn left, if there is room to go by safely.
The vehicle turning left has stopped and is not going to move into you, which is what makes the right side usable.
On roads that are not multilane, a driver may pass on the right of a vehicle or bicycle turning or preparing to turn left, if there is room to go by safely.
Under no conditions may a motor vehicle be passed by driving off the pavement or the main traveled part of the road.
The ground off the pavement is soft, uneven, and where a pedestrian or a mailbox is likely to be.
Under no conditions can a motor vehicle be passed by driving off the pavement or main traveled part of the road.
If you are passing while towing a trailer, be especially careful to be well past the vehicle or bicycle you are passing before pulling back into their lane.
The trailer is still beside them long after the car has cleared, and the driver in the seat cannot feel it.
If you are passing while towing a trailer, be especially careful that you are well past the motor vehicle or bicycle you are passing before pulling back into their lane of travel.
On the test
When may a driver pass on the right on a road that is not multilane?
When the vehicle ahead is turning or about to turn left. The vehicle turning left has stopped and is not going to move into you, which is what makes the right side usable. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.52: “On roads that are not multilane, a driver may pass on the right of a vehicle or bicycle turning or preparing to turn left, if there is room to go by safely.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.
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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)