California DMV Right-of-Way Rules 2

Question 1

When must you yield to emergency vehicles with lights and sirens in California?

Accepted Answer

Always — pull to the right and stop until they pass

Answer

Only on highways

Answer

Yield only if they are behind you

Answer

Only if you are in their lane

Question 2

At an intersection with a flashing red light, you must:

Accepted Answer

Come to a complete stop and yield before proceeding

Answer

Slow down and proceed if clear

Answer

Yield but do not stop

Answer

Proceed at normal speed

Question 3

A blind pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog at a crosswalk:

Accepted Answer

Has the right-of-way and you must stop

Answer

Must wait for you to pass

Answer

Has the same rights as any pedestrian

Answer

Only has right-of-way at marked crosswalks

Question 4

When two vehicles reach a yield sign intersection simultaneously, who yields?

Accepted Answer

The vehicle facing the yield sign must give way

Answer

Both stop and the larger vehicle goes first

Answer

The vehicle on the left yields

Answer

Neither — yield signs only apply to pedestrians

Question 5

Who has the right-of-way when a vehicle is backing out of a driveway onto a street?

Accepted Answer

Street traffic — the backing vehicle must yield

Answer

The backing vehicle, because it was there first

Answer

Whoever is moving faster

Answer

The backing vehicle if it signals

Question 6

At a railroad crossing without signals or gates, you must:

Accepted Answer

Look and listen in both directions before crossing

Answer

Slow to 15 mph and proceed

Answer

Stop only if you hear a train

Answer

Yield only to passenger trains