为了帮助我深爱的妻子Cathy顺利通过德克萨斯州的驾驶考试，我利用搜集到的考试模拟题、真题及其他资料，翻译并整理。利用这份资料，妻子顺利通过考试，笔试路考一次通过，不负我一番苦心。愿与大家分享，希望每对相爱夫妇均能幸福美满。ZF 2011.10
理论部分：
License & License Related 驾照相关内容
1. Your drivers license may be suspended for causing one serious accident。
出现严重的事故，你的驾照会被暂停。
2. Your license may be suspended or revoked for letting someone use your license。
让别人使用你的驾照，你的驾照将被暂停或吊销。
3. If a policeman requests you to take a test to see if you are driving under the influence of
alcohol or drugs, and you refuse, your license will be suspended for 6 months. 当警察要求你参加酒精或药物测试，你拒绝，你的驾照将被暂停6个月。
4. When a parent signs the application of a minor for a drivers license, the parent and the
teenager assume responsibility.
当父母签字同意未成年人参加驾驶考试时，家长和未成年人均承担相应责任。 5. An instruction permit is good for 1 year from the applicant’s next birthday. 家长的同意一年有效，截止于申请人的下一个生日。（申请人为未成年人） 6. A provisional license is issued to a person under 18 years of age 18岁以下的申请人只能申请临时驾照。
7. The minimum age to obtain a drivers license is 16 years old 申请驾照的最低年龄为16岁。
Parking Rules 泊车
1. A vehicle should never park within 15 ft of a fire hydrant (ca. 4 m)
在消防龙头15英尺内不能泊车。（1英尺=0.3048米 15英尺大约4.6米） 2. Do not park within 30 feet of a traffic light or stop sign
交通信号灯、停止信号（stop sign）30英尺内不能泊车。（30英尺大约9米） 3. Parallel parking is a test of maneuverability (6” to 18” from the curb)
平行停车考察的是对车的操控能力。（距离路缘石6-18英寸 1英寸（in）=2.54厘米（cm）因此15cm-45cm）
4. When parking near a corner, you may park your car no closer than 20 feet from the crosswalk
在路口停车，泊车应距离人行横道至少20英尺。（20英尺 大约6米）
5. When parking on a hill headed down, it is best to turn your front wheels to the curb
在山坡下坡路泊车，最好将前轮转向路沿石。
Traffic Lights, Sign Lights 交通信号
1. If blinded by an approaching car at night, it is best to slow and look at the white line by the
edge of the road
夜间行车时当对面行进车辆大灯耀眼时，最好减速慢行并将目光转向路缘的白线。
2. A driver waiting to make a left turn at a solid green light should yield to all coming vehicles
绿灯前准备左转的车辆让其他车辆先行。
3. A flashing yellow light means caution, slow down 黄灯闪烁提示小心，减速慢行
4. A flashing red light means always to stop
红灯闪烁提示停车
5. You are required by law to turn your headlights on for night driving ? hour after sunset until
? hour before sunrise
根据法律规定，你应在日落后半小时直至日出前半小时将大灯打开。
6. The lights on your car must be turned on anytime day or night when persons or vehicles
cannot be clearly seen for 1000 ft.
当车前1000英尺的车辆行人无法看清时，无论白天或黑夜，均应该打开大灯。（300米） 7. When meeting a school bus which has stopped to load or unload students you must stop and
wait until the flashing red lights go off
当前方遇到校车停车上下学生时，必须停车等候直至闪烁的红灯熄灭。 8. When driving in fog you can see better by using low beam headlights
雾天行车时，使用 前雾灯可改善视野。
9. At night a driver should dim their headlights when an oncoming car comes within 500 feet
夜间行车时，前方500英尺有车会车时，应使用近光灯150米。
10. A green arrow at a traffic light means you are protected to carefully go in the direction the
arrow shows
前方绿色箭头亮时，你可以沿箭头方向行车。注意安全。
Speed & Speed Related 行车速度
1. When choosing your driving speed the most important things to consider are condition of
the weather, traffic, road, light, vehicle and of the driver
选择驾驶速度最重要的是要考虑天气、交通状况、光线、车况及驾驶员本身的情况。 2. Under ordinary circumstances a car with good brakes going 50 mph can be stopped within
229 ft.
正常情况下，时速50M（）的车在刹车系统良好的情况下， 刹车距离不大于229英尺。（70米）
3. The speed limit in a school zone during restricted hours is 20 mph
在学校附近时速不得超过20M。
4. If a child ran into the road 60 feet ahead of your car, the highest speed from which you could
stop with good brakes before hitting him would be 20 mph
如果有孩子跑到车前60 英尺（约18米）的地方，假定刹车系统良好的情况下，车的时速不超过20M，方能确保不撞到。
5. At 50 mph the average driver, from the moment he sees danger until he applies the brakes,
will travel about 110 feet (reaction distance)
反应距离：车速50M时，普通驾驶员从看到危险到踩刹车，车子前行约110英尺。（34米） 注意：车子刚开始停。
6. When approaching an intersection, bridge or railroad crossing, you should never pass on the
left half of the roadway or change lanes within 100 feet
十字路口、桥梁、铁路路口100英尺（30米）内， 不得变换车道及占用左面路面。 7. At 60 mph your field of vision is reduced to about 1/5 of what it is when you are still
速度60M时，你的视野将减小到静止时的1/5. 8. The top speed limit, day or night, in TX is 70 mph
德州的最高时速为70M.
9. The main causing of skidding is bad driving judgment (+ speed)
车辆打滑的主要原因为错误的判断和超速。
Fines & Financial 罚款
1. Proof of financial responsibility must be shown by a driver involved in an accident resulting in
personal injury or property damage in excess of $1,000
当涉及导致人员受伤及超过$1,000的财产损失的事故时，驾驶员需提交财产证明。 2. The most a person can be fined for a 2nd conviction of driving while intoxicated is $4,000.
The 1st is $2,000 醉酒驾驶第一次罚款$2,000，第二次罚款$4,000。
3. The maximum fine for the 1st conviction of driving without a license is $200
无证驾驶第一次被抓最高罚款$200。
4. If you are required to show financial responsibility then such proof must be kept for 2 years
当你需要提供财产证明时，需要保留该证明2年。（类似银行证明，需要冻结？）
Right-of-Way, Pavement Signs & Related 路权、交通标志
1. A yellow line in the center of the street means the road has two-way traffic
路中央的黄线意味着为双向车道。
2. Intersection controlled by traffic light/signs: yield to vehicle on multi-lane highway
有交通信号控制的十字路口，通过路口注意避让其他车道multi-lane highway的车辆。 3. Intersection not controlled by traffic light/signs: yield to vehicle on right
没有交通信号的十字路口，注意避让右侧车辆。
4. A traffic officer must be obeyed at all times, even if he tells you to do something which is
ordinarily considered against the law!
听从交通警察的命令，哪怕他的命令与日常交通规则相违背。
5. A solid yellow line on your side of the center stripe means do not pass (any solid line for that
matter)
不能超越黄色实线。（实线一般都不能超越）
6. On a three-lane road with traffic going in both directions the center lane is used for left turns
only.
有三条车道的双向车道，中间车道仅用于左转。
7. On multiple lane highways slow drivers should drive in the right lane
在多车道的高速公路上，行驶慢得车辆应在右道行驶。
8. If you are driving on an unpaved road you must yield to all vehicles on a paved road
在没有铺好路面的车道上行驶的车辆应避让铺好路面的车辆。
9. When approaching a “T” intersection you must yield to all vehicles on through street
当接近T型路口时，应避让直行车辆。
10. The driver of a car on the access or feeder road must yield to all traffic exiting the freeway
支线上的的车辆应当避让高速路上直行的车辆
11. You must yield right-of-way at a 4-way stop to the first car stopped or the car on your right
在四个方向都停止的路口（十字路口），必须请先停的车辆或右侧路口的车辆先行。
4-way-stop 是一个请求自律、守秩序的路牌，而且他有一个训练作用。在一个十字路口上，四个方向的来车都要停车，然后按照先到先走的规则依次通过交叉口。这种规则的实施主要
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