VA DMV VA DMV Speed Limits and Right of Way Questions and Answers 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When entering a highway from a private road in Virginia, who must yield?
- The driver on the highway must yield
- The driver entering from the private road must yield (Correct answer)
- Both drivers must stop and negotiate
- The faster driver has the right of way
Correct answer: The driver entering from the private road must yield
In Virginia, a driver entering a highway from a private road, driveway, or alley must yield to all traffic on the highway.
Question 2: What must a Virginia driver do when approaching an emergency vehicle stopped with lights flashing on the roadside?
- Maintain speed and stay in the current lane
- Move over one lane away and/or slow down to a safe speed (Correct answer)
- Stop completely until the vehicle moves
- Flash headlights as a warning
Correct answer: Move over one lane away and/or slow down to a safe speed
Virginia's 'Move Over' law requires drivers to move over one lane or slow to a safe speed when passing stopped emergency vehicles with lights flashing.
Question 3: At a four-way stop in Virginia, when two vehicles arrive at the same time, who goes first?
- The vehicle on the left
- The vehicle on the right (Correct answer)
- The vehicle going straight
- The larger vehicle
Correct answer: The vehicle on the right
At a four-way stop in Virginia, when two vehicles arrive simultaneously, the vehicle on the right has the right of way.
Question 4: What is the speed limit in a Virginia work zone when workers are present?
- Same as the normal posted limit
- Posted work zone speed limit, fines are doubled (Correct answer)
- Always 25 mph
- Always 15 mph
Correct answer: Posted work zone speed limit, fines are doubled
In Virginia work zones, drivers must obey the posted reduced speed limit, and fines for violations are doubled when workers are present.
Question 5: When turning left at an intersection in Virginia, who must you yield to?
- Only pedestrians in the crosswalk
- Oncoming traffic and pedestrians (Correct answer)
- Only oncoming traffic
- No one — left turns have the right of way
Correct answer: Oncoming traffic and pedestrians
When making a left turn in Virginia, you must yield to all oncoming traffic and pedestrians in the crosswalk.
Question 6: What is Virginia's 'Basic Speed Rule'?
- Always drive at the posted speed limit regardless of conditions
- Never drive faster than is safe for current road and traffic conditions (Correct answer)
- Always drive 10 mph below the speed limit in rain
- Match the speed of surrounding traffic at all times
Correct answer: Never drive faster than is safe for current road and traffic conditions
Virginia's Basic Speed Rule requires drivers to never drive faster than is safe for existing road, weather, and traffic conditions, even if below the posted limit.
VA DMV VA DMV Speed Limits and Right of Way Questions and Answers 2
When entering a highway from a private road in Virginia, who must yield?