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Texas Class B Permit Review Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Papers - Answer✔️✔️-All commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors,
trailers, or semitrailers must carry registration papers on the
vehicles while operating on a public highway. These papers shall
show the weight of the vehicle empty and how much it is registered
to haul.
Special Permits - Answer✔️✔️-If you wish to haul a load or move
equipment that is heavier, longer, wider, or higher than the law
allows, you must obtain a special permit from the Texas
Department of Transportation. A permit will not be granted if the
load can reasonably be dismantled.
Flares, Fusees, or Reflectors - Answer✔️✔️-No person shall operate a
truck, bus , truck tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a house
trailer, upon any highway outside the city limits or upon any
divided highway at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half
hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in such vehicle the
following: at least three flares, or three red electric lanterns, or
three portable red emergency reflectors. During times when lighted
lamps are not required two red flags must be used in place of flares,
lights, or reflectors. Motor vehicles transporting explosives or any
cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable
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liquid or compressed flammable gases, or any motor vehicle using
compressed gas as a fuel shall not use flares, fuses, or any signals
produced by flame. D.O.T approved triangular reflectors can be
used in lieu of the above equipment. The first thing the driver of a
disabled vehicle must do is put out the proper flares, flags, or
reflectors.
Hazard Warning Signal Lights - Answer✔️✔️-When any truck, bus,
truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer 80 inches or more in
width or 30 feet or more in overall length is stopped upon a
roadway or adjacent shoulder, the driver shall immediately actuate
electric hazard warning signal lights, flashers which flash
simultaneously. These lights need to be displayed, however, by a
vehicle legally parked inside the city limits or when stopped to
receive or discharge passengers.
Fire Extinguisher - Answer✔️✔️-All school buses, buses, taxis, and
other vehicles hauling passengers for hire or lease, must carry a
chemical type fire extinguisher of at least one quart capacity.
Commercial vehicles that are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations must be equipped with a fire extinguisher that is
properly filled and located so that it is readily accessible for use.
The fire extinguisher must be securely mounted on the vehicle.
Extinguishers, when required, must meet the standards of 393.95
of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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Lighting and Reflectors - Answer✔️✔️-Reflectors must be mounted
not less than 24 inches nor more than 60 inches in height above
the ground on every pole trailer and on trucks, buses, truck
tractors, trailers, semitrailers which are 80 or more inches in width.
Under certain conditions, farm, fertilizer, and boat trailers are
exempt from lighting requirements. Mobile homes being moved
under permit are exempt from lighting and reflector requirements.
For further information concerning lighting requirements for these
vehicles request the Department's publication on lighting and
reflector requirements for trailers. This publication is available at
any Department of Public Safety office or by writing to the Austin
headquarters.
Flags - Answer✔️✔️-Flags must be 100 ft. from the front and rear of
the vehicle as well as 10ft. from the rear of the vehicle when lamps
are not required while the vehicle is pulled over on a two way
roadway. Flags must be 100 ft. and 200 ft. from the rear of the
vehicle as well as 10 ft. from the rear of the vehicle when lamps are
not required while the vehicle is pulled over on a one way divided
highway. Flags must be not less than 100 ft or more than 500 ft.
from the rear of the vehicle, 100ft. from the front of the vehicle as
well as 10 ft. from the rear of the vehicle when lamps are not
required if vision is obscured.
Vehicle Lighting and Reflector Requirements on every truck or bus
less than 80'' in width. - Answer✔️✔️-Electric turn signal lamps one
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on each side (Color white to amber) as well as head lamps to the
front of the vehicle. Two red tail lamps-one each side, two red stop
lamps-one each side, two red reflectors-one each side, electric turn
signal lamps one on each side at rear (Color amber to red) (Lamps
and/or reflectors may be incorporated) as well as one white license
plate lamp to the rear of the vehicle. On each side there is no
requirements.
Vehicle Lighting and Reflector Requirements for every truck or bus
80'' or more in width. - Answer✔️✔️-Electric turn signal lamps one on
each side (color white to amber), two amber clearance lamps, as
well as head lamps to the front of the vehicle. Two red tail lamps-
one each side, two red stop lamps-one each side, two red reflectors-
one each side, electric turn signal lamps one on each side at rear
(color amber to red)(Lamps and/or reflectors may be incorporated)
as well as two red clearance lamps and one white license plate lamp
to the rear of the vehicle. There must be amber side marker lamps,
amber reflectors, red reflectors, and red side marker lamps on each
side of the vehicle. Trucks manufactured or assembled prior to
model year 1960 required to have at least one taillight.
Vehicle Lighting and Reflector Requirements on every truck-tractor
- Answer✔️✔️-Electric turn signal lamps one on each side (color
white to amber), two amber clearance lamps, and head lamps to the
front of the vehicle. Two red tail lamps-one each side, two red stop
lamps-one each side, two red reflectors-one each side, Electric turn
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