Space to the sides — Wyoming Permit Test

If there are vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians or objects on both sides of you, you are boxed in, and you can respond to trouble ahead only by speeding up or slowing down.

Without space beside you, you cannot steer away from a danger.

Your ability to respond to a situation ahead is limited to speeding up or slowing down.

To keep space to your sides, avoid driving alongside other vehicles on multilane streets and avoid driving next to a bicyclist for long periods.

Driving beside another vehicle leaves you nowhere to go if it drifts into your lane.

Avoid driving alongside other vehicles on multilaned streets;

Keep as much space as possible between yourself and oncoming traffic, and keep a space between yourself and parked vehicles.

An oncoming car can drift over the line, and a parked car's door can open in front of you.

Keep as much space between yourself and oncoming traffic as possible;

To keep space to your sides, avoid driving in other drivers' blind spots and avoid keeping others in your blind spots.

A driver who cannot see you may change lanes right into you.

Avoid driving in other drivers' blind spots;

You are boxed in with vehicles on both sides. How can you respond to trouble ahead?

Only by speeding up or slowing down. Without space beside you, you cannot steer away from a danger. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.76: “Your ability to respond to a situation ahead is limited to speeding up or slowing down.”