Right-of-Way Rules Flashcards

A school bus stops on a two-lane road with its red lights flashing. You are approaching from the opposite direction. What must you do?

Answer: Stop until the lights stop flashing

On an undivided road, traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights until they are turned off.

When are you NOT required to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights?

Answer: When you are on the opposite side of a divided highway with a physical median

Drivers traveling in the opposite direction on a divided highway separated by a physical barrier or median do not have to stop.

You want to merge onto a freeway from an acceleration ramp. Who has the right-of-way?

Answer: Traffic already on the freeway

Merging drivers must yield to traffic already traveling on the freeway and adjust speed to enter safely.

A blind pedestrian carrying a white cane starts to cross the street mid-block. What must you do?

Answer: Always yield the right-of-way to them

Drivers must always yield to blind pedestrians carrying a white cane or using a guide dog, wherever they cross.

You are in a roundabout in Alaska. A vehicle is waiting to enter. Who has the right-of-way?

Answer: You, the vehicle already circulating in the roundabout

Traffic already circulating within a roundabout has the right-of-way over vehicles waiting to enter.

You reach a T-intersection where your road ends. Who must yield?

Answer: You, the driver on the terminating road

A driver on a road that ends at a T-intersection must yield to all traffic on the through road.

A funeral procession with headlights on is passing through an intersection. What should you do?

Answer: Yield and allow the entire procession to pass

Drivers should yield to a funeral procession and not cut through or interrupt it as it moves through an intersection.