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Mississippi Car / Permit: 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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1. You stop at a two-way stop. Which traffic has priority?
Correct answer: The cross traffic that has no stop signs
The cross street that carries no stop signs keeps moving, so you wait until that stream leaves a safe gap.
2. An ambulance with lights and siren comes up behind you while you sit in an intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Move through the intersection, then pull to the extreme right shoulder
Clear the intersection first, then move over to the far right shoulder so the emergency vehicle can get by.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Yielding Right of Way to Emergency Vehicles
3. An emergency vehicle with its lights on sits on the shoulder of a four-lane highway. What does the manual require?
Correct answer: Shift to the lane away from it when safe, otherwise slow and be ready to stop
Move into the lane farther from it when that can be done safely. If shifting over is not safe, ease off the speed and be ready to halt.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Yielding Right of Way to Emergency Vehicles
4. How does the Mississippi manual define right of way?
Correct answer: The privilege of immediate use of the roadway
It is the privilege of using the roadway immediately. Whoever holds it may go, and whoever lacks it has to hold back and wait.
5. Two drivers arrive together at a two-way stop, one going straight and one turning across traffic. Who yields?
Correct answer: The driver turning across the traffic lane yields
The driver whose path crosses the other lane gives way, and the vehicle continuing straight through goes first.
6. You are pulling onto a street from a private driveway with no stop sign. What is required?
Correct answer: Stop and give way to the traffic already on the road
Even without a posted sign, you have to halt and let the traffic already on the roadway pass before you enter.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Driveways & Unmarked Entrances
7. A school bus ahead of you has its red lights flashing and its stop arm out. How close may you stop?
Correct answer: No nearer than ten feet from the bus
You must come to a full stop no nearer than ten feet from the bus, and stay there until the children are clear and the bus moves again.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Yielding Right-of-Way to School Buses
8. Who holds the right of way when a driver pulls out of a parking space into traffic?
Correct answer: The traffic already on the roadway
The person leaving the space has no priority at all and has to wait for oncoming vehicles and people on foot.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Exiting a Parallel Parking Space
9. What does the manual say about yielding to a funeral procession in Mississippi?
Correct answer: It is a courtesy rather than a legal duty
The law does not force you to yield, but the manual describes stepping aside for a procession as ordinary courtesy.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Yielding Right-of-Way to Pedestrians
10. A person is walking across the street in a crosswalk that has no paint on it. Who has the right of way?
Correct answer: The pedestrian, marked or not
Whether or not the crossing is painted, the person on foot inside it holds the right of way and drivers must give way.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Yielding Right-of-Way to Pedestrians
11. You are on a four-lane divided highway going the opposite way from a stopped school bus with red lights flashing. What may you do?
Correct answer: Continue on your own side without stopping
On a divided road of four or more lanes carrying at least two lanes each way, traffic on the far side may keep going without stopping.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Yielding Right-of-Way to School Buses
12. Two vehicles reach a four-way stop at the very same moment. Who has priority?
Correct answer: The vehicle on the right
When arrival is simultaneous, the vehicle positioned to the right goes first, and the manual warns against braking hard to claim first arrival.
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