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West Virginia 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. After stopping at a stop sign, what must a West Virginia driver do next?
Correct answer: Give way to pedestrians and all cross traffic before moving
The stop has to be complete, and then the driver gives the right of way to people on foot and to all crossing traffic before moving off again.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter V, Single Message Shaped Signs
2. A police officer at a junction waves you through while the signal shows red. What do you do?
Correct answer: Follow the officer, whose directions override the signal
Directions given by an officer take precedence over any sign, signal or road marking, so the officer's instruction is what you follow.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
3. You are turning left across the opposite lane at an intersection. Who must you yield to?
Correct answer: Traffic coming from the opposite direction
The handbook is explicit that a left-turning driver gives way to the traffic coming from the other direction.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
4. You are on an entrance ramp joining an interstate. Who holds the right of way?
Correct answer: Traffic already on the interstate
The handbook reminds merging drivers that vehicles already traveling the interstate hold priority, and warns that they may not move aside to make room for you.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VII, Entering an Interstate
5. A person carrying a white cane is crossing away from any marked crosswalk. What is your duty?
Correct answer: Yield, because they have the right of way with or without a crosswalk
A blind pedestrian using a white cane, a walking stick or a service animal is given priority on any roadway, whether or not a marked crossing is involved.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter V, Crosswalk Signals
6. What does a yield sign require of a West Virginia driver?
Correct answer: Slow before the junction and give way to traffic in it or approaching it
You are told to slow before you reach the junction, then give way both to anything already in the intersection and to traffic approaching it.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
7. How does the handbook sum up the idea of right of way?
Correct answer: It is something to be given, not taken
The text stresses that safety comes before right of way and that in every situation the right of way is something a driver gives rather than claims.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
8. An ambulance is approaching with its siren sounding and lights flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Pull to the right edge clear of the intersection and stop
Move to the right edge of the road, keep clear of the intersection, stop, and hold the brake pedal down so the driver of the emergency vehicle can tell that you have halted.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
9. What does the handbook say about entering a rail crossing behind another vehicle?
Correct answer: Hold back until the vehicle in front is clear enough that you can get fully across the rails
You must give way to all trains, and you should not move onto the crossing until the vehicle in front has gone far enough for you to clear the rails completely.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter V, Railroad Crossing Signs and Signals
10. What does the handbook say about yielding to a funeral procession?
Correct answer: It is a courtesy rather than a requirement of law
Yielding is described as a courtesy rather than a legal duty, and once the lead vehicle has crossed an intersection the rest of the procession keeps the right of way.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
11. Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same moment. Who goes first?
Correct answer: The driver on the right
At uncontrolled corners and at four-way stops, the handbook settles a tie by giving the right of way to the driver on the right.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
12. When do pedestrians have the right of way over a West Virginia driver?
Correct answer: When they are within a crosswalk
The handbook lists a crosswalk as one of the places where people on foot hold the right of way, so drivers must let them cross.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Sharing the Road with Pedestrians
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