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South Dakota 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. What should you do as you near your exit inside a roundabout?
Correct answer: Signal right and yield to pedestrians and bicycles at the exit
Switch on the right turn signal as you come up to the exit and give way to anyone walking or cycling across it.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — General Driving, Roundabouts
2. A pedestrian is crossing at an intersection where no crosswalk has been painted. What is required of you?
Correct answer: You must yield to the pedestrian
You still give way; crossings exist at intersections whether or not paint marks them.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Sharing the Road, Pedestrians
3. What does the South Dakota manual warn about right-of-way rules in general?
Correct answer: No driver should assume the right-of-way is automatically theirs
Nobody should take for granted that the right-of-way is automatically theirs; the actual conditions at the intersection have to be weighed every time.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Rules of the Road, Yielding Right-of-Way
4. An ambulance comes up behind you with its lights flashing and siren sounding. What must you do?
Correct answer: Pull over to the edge of the road and let it pass
Give way by pulling toward the edge of the road so it can get past, and keep intersections clear.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Sharing the Road, Emergency Vehicles
5. As you approach the entry of a roundabout, to whom do you give way?
Correct answer: Traffic on your left already circulating
Give way to traffic already circulating that is coming from your left, and to people walking or cycling.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — General Driving, Roundabouts
6. An emergency vehicle approaches while you are already circulating inside a roundabout. What is the correct response?
Correct answer: Continue to your exit, then pull over
Keep going to your exit and pull over past the roundabout; stopping inside the circle is what you want to avoid.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — General Driving, Roundabouts
7. Someone using a white cane, or led by a guide dog, steps out to cross the street ahead of you. What does South Dakota require?
Correct answer: Come to a complete stop
Drivers must come to a complete halt and always give way to a pedestrian who is visually impaired.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Sharing the Road, Pedestrians
8. You are waiting to turn left at a green light while vehicles come toward you. Who holds the right-of-way?
Correct answer: The oncoming drivers do
Drivers coming the other way keep it, so you turn only after a safe gap opens.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Rules of the Road, Yielding Right-of-Way
9. Your light is green but people are still walking through the intersection. Who has the right-of-way?
Correct answer: The pedestrians do
Pedestrians in the intersection keep it, green light or not.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Sharing the Road, Pedestrians
10. You are on an acceleration ramp joining an interstate. Who must give way?
Correct answer: You must yield to traffic already on the highway
Drivers already traveling on the limited-access highway hold the right-of-way, and the merging driver yields.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Rules of the Road, Yielding Right-of-Way
11. You are pulling out of a private driveway onto a public road. What is your obligation?
Correct answer: You must yield to traffic already on the road
Traffic already using the public road keeps the right-of-way, so you wait for it.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Rules of the Road, Yielding Right-of-Way
12. Some rural South Dakota intersections carry no stop or yield sign in any direction. How should you approach one?
Correct answer: Slow down and be ready to stop for crossing traffic
Cut your speed and be ready to halt for anything crossing or coming toward you, since nothing there assigns the right-of-way.
Source: South Dakota Driver License Manual — Special Driving Situations, Rural Road Driving
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