AL DMV AL DMV Speed Limits and Right-of-Way 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When making a left turn at an intersection, you must yield to:
- Vehicles approaching from the right only
- Oncoming vehicles and pedestrians in the crosswalk (Correct answer)
- Only vehicles already stopped in the intersection
- Vehicles behind you only
Correct 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.
Question 2: In an Alabama highway work zone, what are drivers required to do regarding the posted speed limit?
- Reduce speed by exactly 10 mph
- Obey the posted reduced speed limit (Correct answer)
- Stop until workers clear the area
- Drive at walking pace when workers are visible
Correct 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.
Question 3: When an emergency vehicle with activated lights and siren is approaching, Alabama law requires you to:
- Speed up to clear the road faster
- Stop immediately where you are
- Pull to the right edge of the road and stop (Correct answer)
- Slow to 25 mph and continue driving
Correct 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.
Question 4: A vehicle entering a highway from a private driveway or road must:
- Proceed if no vehicles are within 200 feet
- Yield to all traffic already on the highway (Correct answer)
- Flash headlights to alert approaching drivers
- Accelerate quickly to match the speed of traffic
Correct 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.
Question 5: 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:
- Slow to 15 mph and proceed carefully
- Stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing (Correct answer)
- Pass on the left if no children are crossing
- Yield only if children are actively crossing the road
Correct 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.
Question 6: At a T-intersection where one road ends, the vehicle on the terminating road must:
- Proceed first since they stopped at the end
- Yield to vehicles on the through road (Correct answer)
- Share equal right-of-way with through traffic
- Yield only when traffic on the through road is heavy
Correct 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.
Question 7: On an Alabama interstate with a posted minimum speed limit, a driver traveling below that minimum speed:
- Is allowed as long as they use hazard lights
- Violates Alabama law and may impede traffic (Correct answer)
- Is permitted only in the right lane
- Is allowed during bad weather conditions
Correct 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.
AL DMV AL DMV Speed Limits and Right-of-Way 2
When making a left turn at an intersection, you must yield to: