Right-of-Way Rules Flashcards
7 cards from real NC DMV practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
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You approach a traffic circle (roundabout) in North Carolina. Who has the right-of-way?
Answer: Vehicles already circulating in the roundabout
Drivers entering a roundabout must yield to traffic already circulating within it.
A school bus with flashing red lights is stopped on a two-lane road ahead of you, traveling in the opposite direction. You must:
Answer: Stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing
On a two-lane road, traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus loading or unloading children.
You are on an interstate and traffic is merging from an entrance ramp. Although merging drivers must yield, you should:
Answer: Adjust your speed or change lanes when safe to help them merge
Highway drivers should cooperate by adjusting speed or moving over safely, even though ramp traffic legally yields.
You see a blind pedestrian with a white cane starting to cross the road mid-block. You should:
Answer: Stop and yield until the pedestrian has safely crossed
Drivers must always yield the right-of-way to blind pedestrians carrying a white cane or using a guide dog.
Under North Carolina's Move Over law, when you see a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights on a multi-lane highway, you must:
Answer: Move into a lane away from the vehicle, or slow down if you cannot
The Move Over law requires drivers to change lanes away from stopped emergency vehicles or slow down when a lane change is not possible.
Two vehicles approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads, and one arrives noticeably first. Who proceeds first?
Answer: The vehicle that arrived first
The first vehicle to reach and enter an intersection generally has the right-of-way over vehicles arriving later.
You want to turn right on red after stopping. A pedestrian is crossing the street you are turning into. You must:
Answer: Wait until the pedestrian has crossed before turning
Right turns on red are permitted only after stopping and yielding to pedestrians and all cross traffic.