Right-of-Way

Study questions with answers

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. 1. Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same moment. Who must yield?

   Correct answer: The driver on the left yields to the one on the right

   When you arrive together at an intersection with no signals, the driver on the left gives the right of way to the driver on the right.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Right of way and yielding

2. 2. If you are already inside an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches, what should you do?

   Correct answer: Continue through the intersection, then pull over and stop

   Do not stop in the intersection; proceed through it first, then pull to the side and stop for the emergency vehicle.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Yield to emergency vehicles

3. 3. When a school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing, what must you do?

   Correct answer: Stop at least 20 feet away and stay stopped until the lights stop

   You must halt at least 20 feet from a bus flashing red lights and remain stopped until the lights go off, whether you face its front or rear.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Flashing red lights

4. 4. It is illegal to do what when another vehicle has stopped for a pedestrian?

   Correct answer: Pass that stopped vehicle

   You may not pass a vehicle that has stopped for a pedestrian; slow down and be ready to stop for people in the crosswalk.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Watch for pedestrians

5. 5. When you approach an uncontrolled T-intersection and are the one turning, whom do you yield to?

   Correct answer: All traffic on the through road

   At an uncontrolled T-intersection, the driver on the road that ends must yield to all cross traffic on the through road.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Right of way and yielding

6. 6. You are in the right lane and a transit bus signals to merge from a bus stop. What is expected?

   Correct answer: Yield and let the bus re-enter traffic

   Drivers in the right lane must yield to transit and metro mobility buses signaling to merge back from a stop or shoulder.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Right of way and yielding

7. 7. You are turning left at an intersection. Whom must you yield to?

   Correct answer: Oncoming vehicles that are in the intersection or close enough to be dangerous

   A left-turning driver must let oncoming traffic that is already there or approaching closely pass before turning.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Right of way and yielding

8. 8. A funeral procession identifies itself with headlights or hazard lights. What must other drivers do?

   Correct answer: Yield to the entire procession

   When a funeral procession marks itself with headlights or flashers, you must give way to the whole procession.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Right of way and yielding

9. 9. An emergency vehicle with lights and siren approaches while you drive on a two-way street. What should you do?

   Correct answer: Pull to the right edge and stop until it passes

   On a two-way road, steer to the right and stop, staying put until all emergency vehicles have gone by.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Yield to emergency vehicles

10. 10. At a marked or unmarked crosswalk where a pedestrian is crossing, you must do what?

    Correct answer: Stop and wait until they have cleared your lane

    Drivers must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, whether painted or not, and stay stopped until the person has passed the driver's lane.

    Source: Chapter 4 - Watch for pedestrians

11. 11. On which type of road may you continue past a school bus flashing red lights on the opposite side?

    Correct answer: A divided highway, when you are going the opposite direction

    Only on a divided highway, traveling opposite the bus, are you excused from stopping for its flashing red lights.

    Source: Chapter 4 - Passing a school bus

12. 12. When a green arrow lets you turn left, you still must do what?

    Correct answer: Yield to vehicles or pedestrians already in the intersection

    Even on a green left-turn arrow, give way to any vehicles or people already lawfully in the intersection before proceeding.

    Source: Chapter 4 - Right of way and yielding