Sharing the Road
Who shares the road
Nebraska's exam tests how you protect people outside a car: pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, large-truck drivers, school buses, and farm equipment. Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, and do not pass a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk. Bicyclists generally have the same rights and duties as vehicles; give them at least three feet when passing and do not crowd them. Motorcyclists are required to wear helmets in Nebraska, but that does not reduce your duty to see them-check blind spots twice.
Large vehicles and buses
Large trucks have large no-zones, need extra room to turn, and cannot stop quickly. Avoid lingering beside a truck's cab or rear. When a school bus stops with red lights flashing, traffic approaching from either direction must stop on an undivided road; on a divided highway with a median, opposing traffic does not have to stop. Slow-moving farm equipment with a triangular emblem may be traveling under 25 mph.
Worked example
You are behind a school bus on a two-lane road. Its red lights flash and the stop arm extends. You must stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing, even if no child is visible. If the road were a divided highway with a physical median, only traffic on the bus's side would need to stop.
Traps
Do not pass a bicyclist with inches to spare. Do not assume a truck driver can see you. Do not pass a stopped school bus on a two-lane road. Do not treat a divided highway exception as applying to a simple painted line.