AL DMV Speed Limits and Right-of-Way Flashcards

When making a left turn at an intersection, you must yield to:

Answer: Oncoming vehicles and pedestrians in the crosswalk

When turning left, you must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians crossing in the path of your turn.

In an Alabama highway work zone, what are drivers required to do regarding the posted speed limit?

Answer: Obey the posted reduced speed limit

Drivers must obey the posted reduced speed limit in work zones, and fines are doubled when workers are present.

When an emergency vehicle with activated lights and siren is approaching, Alabama law requires you to:

Answer: Pull to the right edge of the road and stop

Alabama law requires drivers to pull to the right side of the road and stop when an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren activated.

A vehicle entering a highway from a private driveway or road must:

Answer: Yield to all traffic already on the highway

Vehicles entering a highway from a private road or driveway must yield to all traffic already traveling on the highway.

When a school bus is stopped on a two-lane road with red flashing lights and its stop arm extended, vehicles traveling in both directions must:

Answer: Stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing

In Alabama, all vehicles in both directions on a two-lane undivided road must stop when a school bus has red lights flashing and the stop arm extended.

At a T-intersection where one road ends, the vehicle on the terminating road must:

Answer: Yield to vehicles on the through road

At a T-intersection, the driver on the road that ends must yield to traffic on the through road that continues.

On an Alabama interstate with a posted minimum speed limit, a driver traveling below that minimum speed:

Answer: Violates Alabama law and may impede traffic

Alabama law requires drivers to obey posted minimum speed limits on interstates; driving too slowly impedes traffic and is a violation.