NC DMV Right-of-Way Rules 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You approach a traffic circle (roundabout) in North Carolina. Who has the right-of-way?
- Vehicles already circulating in the roundabout (Correct answer)
- Vehicles entering the roundabout
- Vehicles on the driver's right
- The vehicle that honks first
Correct answer: Vehicles already circulating in the roundabout
Drivers entering a roundabout must yield to traffic already circulating within it.
Question 2: A school bus with flashing red lights is stopped on a two-lane road ahead of you, traveling in the opposite direction. You must:
- Stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing (Correct answer)
- Slow to 20 mph and pass carefully
- Proceed normally since you are in the opposite lane
- Honk and pass on the left
Correct 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.
Question 3: You are on an interstate and traffic is merging from an entrance ramp. Although merging drivers must yield, you should:
- Adjust your speed or change lanes when safe to help them merge (Correct answer)
- Speed up to close the gap
- Stop on the highway to let them in
- Flash your lights to make them stop on the ramp
Correct 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.
Question 4: You see a blind pedestrian with a white cane starting to cross the road mid-block. You should:
- Stop and yield until the pedestrian has safely crossed (Correct answer)
- Proceed because it is not a crosswalk
- Honk so the pedestrian knows you are coming
- Drive around behind the pedestrian slowly
Correct 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.
Question 5: Under North Carolina's Move Over law, when you see a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights on a multi-lane highway, you must:
- Move into a lane away from the vehicle, or slow down if you cannot (Correct answer)
- Stop completely next to the vehicle
- Maintain your speed and lane position
- Turn on your hazard lights and continue
Correct 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.
Question 6: Two vehicles approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads, and one arrives noticeably first. Who proceeds first?
- The vehicle that arrived first (Correct answer)
- The vehicle on the right, regardless of arrival time
- The vehicle traveling faster
- The vehicle on the wider road
Correct 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.
Question 7: You want to turn right on red after stopping. A pedestrian is crossing the street you are turning into. You must:
- Wait until the pedestrian has crossed before turning (Correct answer)
- Turn quickly before the pedestrian reaches your path
- Proceed because right on red is allowed
- Honk to hurry the pedestrian
Correct 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.
NC DMV Right-of-Way Rules 3
You approach a traffic circle (roundabout) in North Carolina.
Who has the right-of-way?