AK DMV Right-of-Way Rules 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: 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?
- Slow to 20 mph and pass carefully
- Stop until the lights stop flashing (Correct answer)
- Continue at normal speed
- Honk and proceed slowly
Correct 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.
Question 2: When are you NOT required to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights?
- When you are on the opposite side of a divided highway with a physical median (Correct answer)
- When you are running late
- When no children are visible
- When the bus is on a rural road
Correct 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.
Question 3: You want to merge onto a freeway from an acceleration ramp. Who has the right-of-way?
- You, since merging traffic has priority
- Traffic already on the freeway (Correct answer)
- The vehicle in the closest lane must move over
- Whoever signals first
Correct answer: Traffic already on the freeway
Merging drivers must yield to traffic already traveling on the freeway and adjust speed to enter safely.
Question 4: A blind pedestrian carrying a white cane starts to cross the street mid-block. What must you do?
- Yield only if they are in a crosswalk
- Honk to warn them
- Always yield the right-of-way to them (Correct answer)
- Drive around them slowly
Correct 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.
Question 5: You are in a roundabout in Alaska. A vehicle is waiting to enter. Who has the right-of-way?
- The entering vehicle
- You, the vehicle already circulating in the roundabout (Correct answer)
- The vehicle on the right
- Both must stop
Correct 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.
Question 6: You reach a T-intersection where your road ends. Who must yield?
- Drivers on the through road
- You, the driver on the terminating road (Correct answer)
- The vehicle on the right
- Nobody; it is uncontrolled
Correct 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.
Question 7: A funeral procession with headlights on is passing through an intersection. What should you do?
- Merge into the procession if there is a gap
- Yield and allow the entire procession to pass (Correct answer)
- Honk so they let you through
- Pass the procession on the left
Correct 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.
AK DMV Right-of-Way Rules 3
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?