Right-of-Way Rules Flashcards

You are driving on a two-lane road and want to pass a slow-moving vehicle. You see an oncoming car in the distance. Who has the right-of-way?

Answer: The oncoming vehicle has the right-of-way

Oncoming traffic always has the right-of-way — you must only pass when you have enough clear distance to complete the maneuver safely.

An ambulance with lights and sirens on is coming toward you from the opposite direction on an undivided road. What must you do?

Answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes

On an undivided road, you must pull to the right and stop for emergency vehicles even if they are traveling in the opposite direction.

At an uncontrolled intersection, Vehicle A is going straight and Vehicle B is turning right. They arrive at exactly the same time. Who yields?

Answer: Vehicle A yields because Vehicle B is to its right

When two vehicles arrive simultaneously at an uncontrolled intersection, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right, regardless of the direction of travel.

You are pulling out of a parking lot onto a road with no marked exit lane. Who has the right-of-way?

Answer: All traffic on the road you are entering

Any driver exiting a parking lot must yield to all traffic and pedestrians on the roadway being entered.

Two vehicles approach a yield sign at the same time. One is going straight and one is turning right. Who goes first?

Answer: Both must yield to through traffic on the intersecting road regardless

At a yield sign, BOTH vehicles must yield to traffic on the intersecting through road before either can proceed.

A transit bus is signaling to pull back into traffic from a designated bus stop. Under Nevada law, what must you do?

Answer: Yield to the bus if it is safe to do so and the bus is signaling

Nevada law requires drivers to yield to a transit bus that is signaling and merging back into traffic from a designated bus stop.

At a four-way stop, you arrive before all other vehicles. What should you do?

Answer: Proceed immediately since you arrived first

At a four-way stop, the first vehicle to come to a complete stop has the right-of-way and should proceed first.