Tailgating — West Virginia Permit Test
Tailgating on the West Virginia permit test — 1 rule, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If a driver is following you too closely, tap your brakes gently to flash the brake lights and warn them, slow down to encourage them to pass, and if that fails, pull over and let them by.
Braking hard at somebody already too close leaves them nowhere to go.
On the test
What should you do first about a driver following you too closely?
Tap your brakes gently to warn them. Braking hard at somebody already too close leaves them nowhere to go.
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 West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook, published by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-06.