Right-of-Way & Intersections — Practice Test 2026

Not quiteCorrect answer: D — Yield to all traffic and pedestrians on the road and sidewalk

A vehicle entering a roadway from a driveway, alley or parking lot yields to everything already there, including people on the footpath you cross.

The sidewalk is the part people forget. You cross it before you reach the road, and pedestrians on it have priority.

Not quiteCorrect answer: B — One divided by a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide

The exception requires a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide. The handbook states specifically that painted lines and pavement markings are not barriers.

A wide painted median looks like a divider and is not one. This distinction is the difference between a lawful pass and a felony-level charge.

Not quiteCorrect answer: C — The vehicle going straight or turning right

A driver turning left must yield to traffic moving straight through or turning right.

A gap that looks big enough is judged against a car that is not slowing down. The turning driver carries the whole obligation.

Not quiteCorrect answer: B — Stop, and yield to pedestrians and all vehicles

The handbook requires a stop before entering the sidewalk, street or highway, and a yield to pedestrians and all vehicles. When backing right, do not back over the centre line.

The sidewalk is crossed before the road and is where a reversing vehicle meets someone it cannot see.

Not quiteCorrect answer: B — You stopped first, so you go first — but you must still let the oncoming car clear if you both move

Order of arrival decides first. The straight-beats-left rule only applies when two vehicles arrive together, and cooperating beats standing on the rule.

Two correct rules — first-to-arrive, and straight-before-left — get applied in the wrong order, which is why four-way stops deadlock.

Not quiteCorrect answer: D — Stay put until it can manoeuvre around you, then move only if it is safe and legal

Do not enter the intersection against a red light. Emergency drivers expect to have to work around stopped traffic and cross traffic may be moving.

Panicking into the intersection to "get out of the way" puts a second collision in the ambulance's path.

Not quiteCorrect answer: C — Stop and give them the right-of-way

A white cane or guide dog identifies a pedestrian who may not be able to see or judge your vehicle. Every state gives them absolute right-of-way.

Sounding the horn seems helpful but can disorient someone navigating by sound. Stop, and stay stopped until they are clear.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — Yield to the cyclist and complete the turn behind them

The cyclist is going straight in a lane that continues straight. Turning across their path is the classic right-hook collision.

Drivers check mirrors for cars and never see a bicycle travelling at 20 mph in the lane they are about to cross.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — Stop as well — a pedestrian you cannot see is likely crossing

A stopped vehicle at a crosswalk hides whatever it stopped for. Passing it is how pedestrians are struck at speed with no warning at all.

Drivers assume the stopped car is turning or broken down. In most states passing a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk is itself an offence.

Not quiteCorrect answer: C — Continue around if you cannot safely move to the outer lane, and exit next time

Vehicles in the outer lane have priority for the exit. Going around again costs a few seconds; cutting across is a side-impact collision.

Missing an exit feels like a failure that must be fixed immediately. In a roundabout the correction is free.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — An automatic failure

The handbook lists rolling stops as automatic failures on the driving examination — the wheels must actually stop turning.

A slow roll feels like a stop from inside the car. The examiner is watching the wheels, not the speedometer.

Not quiteCorrect answer: B — Yield anyway and avoid the collision

Right-of-way is something you give, not something you take. Every handbook states that a driver must take reasonable care to avoid a pedestrian regardless of fault.

"I had right-of-way" is a legal argument, not a defence against hitting someone.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — Traffic already circulating in the roundabout, approaching from your left

Roundabout traffic circulates counter-clockwise, so circulating vehicles come from your left. They have priority; you wait for a gap.

Drivers apply the yield-to-the-right habit at roundabouts, which points them at exactly the wrong direction.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — The vehicle that arrives first

The handbook states the vehicle that arrives first goes first. If two arrive together, the one on the right has priority.

The yield-to-the-right rule is only the tie-breaker, not the primary rule.

Not quiteCorrect answer: C — The bus is preparing to stop

Amber is the preparation phase, followed by red lights and the stop arm.

Amber is treated as the last opportunity to overtake, which places a car alongside the doors as they open.

Not quiteCorrect answer: B — Still has the right-of-way — an unmarked crosswalk exists there

The handbook states pedestrians always have the right-of-way, and crosswalks exist at intersections whether or not they are painted.

Paint marks a crosswalk; it does not create one.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — The driver on the left yields to the driver on the right

The manual states the driver on the left must yield to the driver on the right when they arrive at the same time at right angles.

Stated the other way round, this rule sends both cars into the intersection together.

Not quiteCorrect answer: D — Yield — an unmarked crosswalk exists at most intersections

A crosswalk exists at an intersection whether or not it is painted. The paint makes it more visible; it does not create the right to cross.

"No lines, no crosswalk" is one of the most consequential misconceptions on the test and on the road.

Not quiteCorrect answer: D — Give a wide berth, crossing into the other lane if necessary and safe

A cyclist needs room for wind buffeting, road debris and a wobble. Most states require a minimum passing distance; crossing the centre line to achieve it is normally allowed when clear.

Staying strictly in lane feels lawful but leaves no margin. Waiting a few seconds for a safe gap is the correct alternative.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — The car on the right

At a four-way stop, drivers proceed in the order they arrived. When two arrive together, the driver on the right goes first. If you are facing each other and one is turning left, the left-turning driver yields.

Vehicle size and speed give no priority at all.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — When it is on a different roadway, or on a controlled-access highway where it is in a loading zone pedestrians cannot cross

Those are the only two exceptions the handbook gives. A painted centre line is not one of them.

Drivers assume any multi-lane road excuses them. Texas ties the exception to a separate roadway or a controlled-access highway, not to lane count.

Not quiteCorrect answer: C — All drivers moving in either direction

On a two-way street or highway, every driver in both directions stops and remains stopped until the stop signal is withdrawn and all children are clear of the roadway.

Watching for the last child to reach the kerb is not the test. The signal being withdrawn is.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — Change lanes away from it if you can, or slow down substantially if you cannot

Every state now has a Move Over law. The obligation is to vacate the adjacent lane where possible and otherwise to slow markedly.

Drivers who cannot change lanes often do nothing at all. Slowing is the required fallback, not an optional courtesy.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — The driver on the right

When two vehicles arrive at the same time, the one on the right has right-of-way. It is a tie-breaker, not a general rule about right-hand traffic.

Drivers apply "yield to the right" everywhere. It only settles simultaneous arrivals — otherwise the first to stop goes first.

Not quiteCorrect answer: A — At least 10 feet from the bus

The manual requires a stop at least 10 feet away, whether you are behind the bus, coming toward it on the same roadway, or approaching an intersection where it has stopped.

The intersection case is the one drivers miss: a bus stopped on the cross street still requires you to stop.