Truck no zones — Wyoming Permit Test
Truck no zones on the Wyoming permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Unlike cars, heavy vehicles have large blind spots directly behind them, so do not tailgate in this No-Zone.
The truck driver cannot see you there, and you cannot see the traffic ahead to know when it will stop.
Unlike cars, heavy vehicles have large blind spots directly behind them. Avoid tailgating in this No-Zone area.
A right-turn squeeze happens when a car ends up in the blind spot on the right side of a heavy vehicle that is turning right.
A truck swings left before turning right, which opens a gap that tempts a car into the spot where it gets crushed.
A "right-turn squeeze" occurs when the driver of a passenger vehicle finds himself in the blind spot located on the right side of a heavy vehicle that is in the process of turning right.
On the test
Where does a heavy truck have a large blind spot that cars do not?
Directly behind it. The truck driver cannot see you there, and you cannot see the traffic ahead to know when it will stop. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.58: “Unlike cars, heavy vehicles have large blind spots directly behind them. Avoid tailgating in this No-Zone area.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, published by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/WY.pdf (Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, August 2021, Wyoming Department of Transportation, Driver Services Program, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/WY.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/WY-exam.html (045-1 Wyo. Code R. 1-11, WYDOT Rules Chapter 1 Section 11, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json under examSource)
- https://wyoleg.gov/arules/2012/rules/ARR24-032.pdf (the department's 2024 filing of Chapter 1; Section 11(b)(ii): "A minimum grade of 80 percent shall be required to pass the knowledge test.")
- https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/driver_license_records/driver-license/testing.html (read 2026-10-04; describes the written test, states no count or mark)
- https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/driver_license_records/formsapplications/driver-manuals.html (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)