New York practice test, sharing the road
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People outside cars: pedestrian right of way at crosswalks under section 1151, including the bar on passing a vehicle stopped at one, and pedestrian duties away from crosswalks under section 1152. Cyclists hold the rights and duties of a driver under section 1231, with lamps at night and helmets required under 14. Due care toward everyone on the roadway, section 1146, runs under the whole set.
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A 12 year old rides without a helmet and her parent asks if the law cares. What is the answer?
✓ Correct answer: Yes. Riders and passengers under 14 must wear a bicycle helmet
The helmet duty runs to the fourteenth birthday, for the child riding and the child carried alike. (VTL section 1238.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1238, checked 2026-11-03
A pedestrian is crossing at a marked crosswalk with no signal, halfway across your lane, walking slowly. May you edge past in front of them?
✓ Correct answer: No. Yield means giving them the crossing, not threading around them
The crosswalk yield is not satisfied by a near miss at walking pace. Slow pedestrians hold the same right as fast ones. (VTL section 1151.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1151, checked 2026-11-03
Where may a cyclist lawfully ride, besides a bike lane?
✓ Correct answer: On the roadway or its shoulder, in the direction of traffic
The roadway itself is the cyclist's first home in law; lanes and paths are additions, not the whole grant. (VTL section 1234.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1234, checked 2026-11-03
A cyclist coasts down a hill holding the back of a friend's slow car with one hand. The car never exceeds 15 mph. Lawful?
✓ Correct answer: No. Clinging to a vehicle is banned at any speed
Speed and consent were both offered as defences in these questions, and neither is in the rule. The ban is flat. (VTL section 1233.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1233, checked 2026-11-03
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Facts strip
- Questions on the real test
- 20, and 4 are about road signs
- To pass
- At least 14 of 20, and at least 2 of the 4 sign questions
- Time limit
- None published by the DMV
- Retest
- No fee, no published limit or wait
- Permit and licence fee
- $64.25 to $102.50, by age and district
- Minimum age
- 16
Facts checked against New York DMV pages, 2026-11-03. Official information: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, dmv.ny.gov.
Corrections note
No corrections yet. Last checked 2026-11-03, against the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law, 15 NYCRR Part 131, and DMV published facts.