Missouri Car / Permit practice
Right-of-Way
Who goes first at intersections, four-way stops, roundabouts, and crosswalks, and how to yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
Questions reviewed against the official Missouri driver handbook · July 7, 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.
1. Two vehicles reach an open intersection at about the same time and there are no signs or signals. Who has to yield?
Correct answer: The driver on the left yields to the driver on the right
At an uncontrolled intersection (other than a roundabout), you must yield to the vehicle approaching from your right.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
2. On a four-lane road you approach a stopped police car displaying flashing red and blue lights on the shoulder. What does Missouri's Move Over law require?
Correct answer: Move into a non-adjacent lane if safe, or slow down if you cannot
The Move Over law requires you to change into a lane away from the stopped emergency vehicle when safe, or slow down if changing lanes is not possible.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
3. An ambulance with its siren and flashing lights is approaching. What is the correct response?
Correct answer: Pull over to the right edge of the road and stop
Yield to emergency vehicles by pulling to the right edge of the road and stopping until they pass.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
4. A pedestrian guided by a dog or carrying a white cane (or a white cane with a red tip) is crossing the street. What are you required to do?
Correct answer: Come to a complete stop and yield
Drivers must always yield to a pedestrian who is blind; when they cross using a guide dog or white cane, you must come to a complete stop.
5. As you approach the entrance to a roundabout, to whom must you yield?
Correct answer: Traffic already in the circle, plus bicyclists and pedestrians
Before entering a roundabout you must yield to circulating traffic, bicyclists, and pedestrians in the crosswalks, and wait for a gap.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
6. You are pulling out of a private driveway onto a main road. Who has the right-of-way?
Correct answer: Traffic already traveling on the main road
A driver entering a road from a driveway, alley, or roadside must yield to vehicles already on the main road.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
7. An organized funeral procession is moving through an intersection. What is the correct action for other drivers?
Correct answer: Let the procession pass; it has the right-of-way at intersections
A funeral procession has the right-of-way at intersections. Do not cut through it or drive between its vehicles.
8. You are waiting to turn left at an intersection while a car approaches from the opposite direction going straight. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield and let the oncoming vehicle pass first
A driver turning left must yield to oncoming vehicles going straight through the intersection.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
9. A pedestrian is legally crossing in a marked crosswalk on your side of the road. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield the right-of-way and let them finish crossing
Drivers must yield to pedestrians in a marked or unmarked crosswalk on or approaching their side of the road.
10. Your traffic light turns green, but pedestrians are still in the intersection. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the pedestrians before moving ahead
Even with a green light, you must yield to pedestrians and other traffic still in the intersection.
11. At a four-way stop, which driver may go first?
Correct answer: The one who came to a complete stop and arrived first
At an all-way stop, after everyone stops, the driver who arrived first proceeds first.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 3 - Rules of the Road
12. You are using an entrance ramp to merge onto a highway, but traffic will not give you room. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield to highway traffic, even if you must stop at the end of the ramp
Drivers on the highway should give room, but if they do not, you must yield and not force your way on, even stopping if necessary.
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