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Colorado Motorcycle: Right-of-Way practice test
Who goes first at intersections, four-way stops, roundabouts, and crosswalks, and how to yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Right-of-Way questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. Using SIPDE at intersections is described in the handbook as:
Correct answer: Critical, since most car-motorcycle crashes occur there
SIPDE at intersections is critical because most motorcycle-automobile collisions occur where traffic can cross your path.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 7, SIPDE
2. When you are stopped at an intersection, your mirrors are useful for:
Correct answer: Watching for vehicles approaching from behind
Watch cars coming up from behind while stopped at an intersection, since an inattentive driver could reach you before seeing you.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 4.1, Using Your Mirrors
3. You are about to turn across a marked bicycle lane. What does the handbook say you must do?
Correct answer: Give way to any cyclist already riding in that lane
Cyclists hold the right-of-way inside a marked bike lane, so a driver who merges into it or cuts across it to turn has to let them go by first.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Right-of-Way (Bicycles)
4. The handbook describes an intersection as:
Correct answer: Anywhere other traffic may cross your path of travel
An intersection can be anywhere other traffic may cross your path of travel, not only a formal junction.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 7, SIPDE
5. An ambulance with its siren sounding closes in behind you just as you enter an intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Keep moving until you are clear of the crossing, then pull right and stop
Do not stop inside the crossing. Continue until you are past it, then ease over toward the road's right edge, halt, and let the emergency vehicle by.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Right-of-Way (Emergency Vehicles)
6. In high-risk spots such as intersections, the handbook says you should:
Correct answer: Cover the clutch and both brakes to react faster
In high potential-risk situations like intersections, cover the clutch and both brakes to shorten your reaction time.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 7, SIPDE (Execute)
7. You meet an oncoming vehicle on a steep mountain road that is too narrow for both of you. Who is required to give way?
Correct answer: The one heading downhill, by reversing or stopping to open up room
On a steep road with room for only one vehicle, the descending driver gives way, backing to a wider spot or halting to leave space for the climbing driver, unless reaching a turnout is easier for the one coming up.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Right-of-Way (Narrow Mountain Road)
8. To create space and reduce risk from a hazard, SIPDE's Execute step suggests you can:
Correct answer: Communicate, adjust speed, and change position or direction
To minimize risk, communicate your presence, adjust your speed, and adjust your position or direction.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 7, SIPDE (Execute)
9. A transit bus lights the yield sign on its back panel and signals to pull out of its stop into your lane. What are you required to do?
Correct answer: Let the bus pull out ahead of you
Colorado drivers must give way to a transit bus that is signaling to rejoin traffic while the lighted yield sign on its back panel is showing.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Right-of-Way (Transit Buses)
10. At an intersection with limited visibility, a rider should be especially alert because:
Correct answer: Visually busy surroundings can camouflage you and your motorcycle
Visually busy surroundings can camouflage you and your motorcycle at intersections with limited visibility.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 7, SIPDE
11. In SIPDE's Predict step, a hazard that is a vehicle moving into your path, compared with one moving away, is:
Correct answer: More critical to your safety
Anticipating a vehicle moving away is less critical than one moving into your path, which is more urgent to predict.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 7, SIPDE (Predict)
12. Two vehicles roll up to a four-way stop at exactly the same moment. Which one may go first?
Correct answer: The one on the right
When arrivals are simultaneous, the driver on the left waits and the driver on the right proceeds. Whoever has the legal claim, avoiding a collision is still your responsibility.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Right-of-Way (Four-Way Stop)
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