Right-of-Way Rules Flashcards

You approach a yield sign and see cross traffic coming. What is the correct action?

Answer: Slow down and stop only if necessary to let traffic pass

At a yield sign, you must slow down and be prepared to stop, giving the right-of-way to cross traffic and pedestrians.

Two vehicles approach an intersection from opposite directions at the same time; one is going straight and one is turning left. Who yields?

Answer: The vehicle turning left

A vehicle turning left must yield to oncoming vehicles going straight or turning right.

You see a stopped vehicle with flashing lights on the shoulder of a highway in Alaska. Under the move-over law, what must you do?

Answer: Move over a lane if safe, or slow down if you cannot

Alaska's move-over law requires drivers to vacate the lane nearest a stopped emergency or maintenance vehicle when safe, or slow down otherwise.

You are on a narrow mountain road and meet an oncoming vehicle where neither can pass. Who must yield?

Answer: The vehicle traveling downhill

On a steep narrow road, the vehicle traveling downhill must yield and back up if needed, because it can reverse uphill more safely.

A pedestrian is crossing at an intersection without any marked crosswalk. What should you do?

Answer: Yield, because an unmarked crosswalk still exists at intersections

Crosswalks legally exist at intersections whether marked or not, and drivers must yield to pedestrians crossing there.

You are making a right turn on red after stopping. Who must you yield to before turning?

Answer: Pedestrians in the crosswalk and all cross traffic

Before turning right on red, you must come to a complete stop and yield to pedestrians and all traffic with the green light.

An officer is directing traffic at an intersection with a working green light telling you to stop. What do you follow?

Answer: The officer's directions

Directions from a police officer always override traffic signals and signs.