Getting back in after passing
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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After you pass on a two-lane road, how close may an oncoming vehicle get before you're back in your lane?
The rule
After passing, wait until you can see the passed vehicle's headlights in your mirror, and be back in the right lane before an oncoming vehicle gets within 200 feet.
Be back in the right lane before an oncoming vehicle gets within 200 feet of you.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 103. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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