NY · STUDY GUIDE
Rules of the Road
Right-of-way, turns, passing, parking, speed, defensive driving, expressways, and driving in weather — the bulk of the tested chapters. This guide has 176 questions, each citing the NY manual section it comes from — the first 18 are free to read below.
1 · WORK ZONES
Orange signs with black letters or symbols usually mean:
- ✓ A work area or construction condition
- · A school zone
- · A hospital route
- · A permanent regulation
Orange is the work-zone color. Slow down, watch for workers and equipment, and obey flaggers.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 4 · Signs, p. 302 · WORK ZONES
A posted work-area speed limit in New York can be as low as:
- ✓ 25 mph
- · 15 mph
- · 35 mph
- · 45 mph
The Driver's Manual says a work-area speed limit as low as 25 mph may be posted.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 4 · Signs, p. 303 · WORK ZONES
A work-zone flagger directs you to stop even though a nearby signal is green. You should:
- ✓ Obey the flagger and stop
- · Follow the green signal
- · Stop only if police are present
- · Continue if no workers are visible
Authorized flaggers can direct traffic. Their directions must be obeyed even when another traffic control would otherwise allow you to proceed.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 4 · Signs, p. 304 · TRAFFIC CONTROL
A traffic officer signals you to stop even though your light is green. You must:
- ✓ Obey the officer and stop
- · Obey the green light
- · Proceed if the crosswalk is empty
- · Stop only if the officer is a police officer
Directions from an authorized traffic officer take precedence over signs, signals, and pavement markings.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 4 · Traffic Officers, p. 335 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
You have a green light, but another vehicle is already in the intersection finishing a turn. You should:
- ✓ Wait and let the vehicle clear the intersection
- · Enter because green gives you priority
- · Honk and proceed
- · Drive around the vehicle
Traffic already in an intersection has the right-of-way. A green light does not authorize you to collide with traffic already there.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 346 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
Two vehicles approach from opposite directions at about the same time. One goes straight and the other turns left. Who yields?
- ✓ The driver turning left
- · The driver going straight
- · Both must stop indefinitely
- · The driver on the wider road
A left-turning driver must yield to oncoming traffic going straight or turning right.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 347 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
Waiting in an intersection to turn left, you should keep your front wheels:
- ✓ Straight
- · Turned left
- · Turned right
- · Against the center line
Keep the wheels straight so a rear impact is less likely to push your vehicle into oncoming traffic.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 348 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
Turning left into a driveway, you must yield to:
- ✓ Oncoming traffic close enough to be a hazard
- · Only pedestrians
- · Only vehicles already in the driveway
- · No one if there is no traffic signal
The left-turn yielding rule applies to driveways and parking lots as well as intersections.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 349 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
At an uncontrolled intersection, you and a driver on your right arrive at the same time. You should:
- ✓ Yield to the driver on your right
- · Go first because you are on the left
- · Both proceed together
- · Back up and wave the other driver through
At an uncontrolled intersection—or simultaneous stops at right angles—the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 3410 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
Two drivers at right angles stop at STOP signs at the same time. The driver on the left should:
- ✓ Yield to the driver on the right
- · Go first
- · Yield only if turning
- · Sound the horn and proceed
When arrival is simultaneous at right angles, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 3411 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
Before entering a public road from a driveway or alley, you must:
- ✓ Stop and yield to roadway traffic and pedestrians
- · Merge without stopping
- · Yield only to vehicles from the left
- · Stop only if a sign is posted
Traffic entering from a driveway, alley, private road, or other non-roadway location must stop and yield.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 3412 · RIGHT-OF-WAY
You are leaving a parking lot and a pedestrian is crossing the exit. You must:
- ✓ Wait for the pedestrian to cross
- · Proceed because you are turning right
- · Honk so the pedestrian stops
- · Enter the road and then stop
Drivers leaving non-roadway areas must stop and yield to pedestrians as well as roadway traffic.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 3413 · INTERSECTIONS
Traffic is backed up beyond an intersection and you cannot completely clear it. Even with a green light, you should:
- ✓ Wait before entering the intersection
- · Enter and block the cross street
- · Follow the vehicle ahead closely
- · Move into the intersection and stop
Do not enter an intersection unless you can get completely through it; blocking the intersection causes gridlock.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 3514 · ROUNDABOUTS
When entering a traffic circle or rotary, you must yield to:
- ✓ Vehicles already in the circle
- · Vehicles behind you
- · Only trucks in the circle
- · Vehicles entering from your right
Traffic already circulating has the right-of-way.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 3515 · EMERGENCY VEHICLES
An authorized emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren. You should:
- ✓ Pull safely to the right edge and stop until it passes
- · Speed up to stay ahead
- · Stop in your lane immediately
- · Pull to the left shoulder
Yield to responding emergency vehicles by safely moving to the right edge and stopping.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Emergency Vehicles / Move Over, p. 3516 · EMERGENCY VEHICLES
You are inside an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches. You should:
- ✓ Drive out of the intersection, then pull right and stop
- · Stop in the intersection
- · Reverse to the stop line
- · Turn left immediately
Clear the intersection first, then move to the right edge and stop.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Emergency Vehicles / Move Over, p. 3517 · EMERGENCY VEHICLES
On a two-way road, an emergency vehicle is approaching in the opposite lane with emergency equipment activated. You must:
- ✓ Pull right and stop
- · Continue because it is on the other side
- · Stop only if it crosses the center line
- · Move left to give it room
You must yield even when the emergency vehicle approaches from the opposite direction on a two-way road.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Emergency Vehicles / Move Over, p. 3518 · EMERGENCY VEHICLES
You hear a nearby siren but cannot tell where the emergency vehicle is. You should:
- ✓ Safely pull to the right and stop until you know it is not approaching you
- · Continue at the same speed
- · Stop in the center of the lane
- · Speed up to get out of the area
If you cannot locate a nearby siren, pull right and stop until you are sure the emergency vehicle is not headed toward you.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Emergency Vehicles / Move Over, p. 35Tip: use your ← and → arrow keys
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