What Should Be Your Speed In A Construction Zone During A Driving Test?
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I’ve never driven in Nevada, but everywhere else I go construction zones have a posted speed limit. Most are 55, but some are 60. Some are 35 or 45. Never exceed these posted limits. It depends on the specific conditions each time. If you encounter one that is not posted, keep it at 55 or under. Many times I go 5 mph slower than posted or follow another truck that is slower, maybe even 10 mph slower. For a CDL road test, slower is better within reason. This won’t apply to your test, but at night I may be much slower than the posted limit, especially in the rain. And I personally have never heard of a trucker getting pulled over for impeding traffic in a construction zone. It may have happened, but it would be rare. Safe and prudent are the goals.
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I'm going to be doing my CDL driving test in North Las Vegas, NV by next week. The instructors said you should drive the speed limit in an area with traffic cones if there's no other speed limit signs posted. When I took my last regular DMV Class C driving test, I got everything right except not driving 10 MPH slower in a "construction zone". I saw no signs or workers, just cones. I looked at the Nevada DMV Rules of the Road, but didn't see anything on there about how fast you should drive besides follow the the posted speed limit signs.
They don't want us to drive 5 MPH under the speed limit, because they consider that impeding traffic. Driving too fast will cost you points and 15 MPH or over will be an automatic fail. There's construction everywhere around where my driving school is at too so I don't want to be driving around racking up points because of all the stupid traffic cones everywhere. They really love to put traffic cones EVERYWHERE in the Las Vegas Metro.
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Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.