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Sharing the Road
Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, mopeds, and large trucks — Chapter 11 material the DMV tests heavily. This guide has 25 questions, each citing the NY manual section it comes from — the first 18 are free to read below.
1 · PEDESTRIANS
A pedestrian is legally crossing in an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. You must:
- ✓ Yield, slowing or stopping if necessary
- · Yield only in marked crosswalks
- · Continue if you have a green light
- · Honk to warn the pedestrian
New York requires drivers to yield to pedestrians using marked or unmarked crosswalks.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 342 · PEDESTRIANS
Your light turns green while a pedestrian is still in the crosswalk. You should:
- ✓ Wait until the pedestrian is clear
- · Proceed slowly around the pedestrian
- · Sound your horn and go
- · Enter the crosswalk but stop beside the pedestrian
A green signal does not cancel the pedestrian's right-of-way in the crosswalk.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 5 · Right-of-Way, p. 343 · MOTORCYCLES
When passing a motorcycle, you should:
- ✓ Give it the same full lane width you would give another vehicle
- · Share the lane if it is wide enough
- · Pass within the same lane at low speed
- · Use the shoulder
A motorcycle is entitled to a full lane. Never crowd into the same lane space while passing.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 6 · Passing / How to Pass on the Left, p. 394 · BICYCLISTS
When overtaking a bicyclist from behind, New York law requires you to:
- ✓ Pass on the left at a safe distance until you have cleared the bicycle
- · Pass on the right
- · Sound the horn and stay in the same lane
- · Force the bicyclist onto the shoulder
Pass bicyclists on the left at a safe distance and give them sufficient room.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 6 · Passing / How to Pass on the Left, p. 395 · BICYCLISTS
After parking, you may open a door on the roadway side only when:
- ✓ It will not interfere with bicyclists or other traffic
- · No car is directly beside you
- · Your hazard lights are on
- · You are parked legally
Do not open a roadside door into the path of bicyclists or other traffic.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 7 · How to Park, p. 426 · PEDESTRIANS
At an intersection, a pedestrian in a marked or unmarked crosswalk generally has:
- ✓ The right-of-way, and drivers must yield
- · The right-of-way only when a crossing guard is present
- · No right-of-way in an unmarked crosswalk
- · The right-of-way only during daylight
Drivers must exercise due care and yield to pedestrians lawfully using marked or unmarked crosswalks.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Pedestrians, p. 677 · PEDESTRIANS
A pedestrian using a guide dog or carrying a white or metallic cane should be given:
- ✓ The right-of-way
- · The right-of-way only at traffic signals
- · The right-of-way only in marked crosswalks
- · No special consideration
Drivers must always yield to a blind pedestrian using a guide dog or white/metallic cane.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Pedestrians, p. 678 · PEDESTRIANS
Where there is no sidewalk, pedestrians generally should walk:
- ✓ Facing traffic, as far from traffic as practical
- · With traffic in the same direction
- · In the center of the lane
- · On whichever side has more lighting
Walking facing traffic helps pedestrians see approaching vehicles and react to danger.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Pedestrians, p. 679 · PEDESTRIANS
Before turning right, especially on red, you should check:
- ✓ To the right and behind for pedestrians and bicyclists
- · Only to the left for cars
- · Only your rear-view mirror
- · Only the traffic signal
Right turns can cross pedestrian and bicycle paths, so check the right side and behind before moving.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Pedestrians, p. 6710 · BICYCLISTS
People riding bicycles in New York generally have:
- ✓ The same rights and responsibilities as motor-vehicle drivers
- · No right to use the roadway
- · Right-of-way over all vehicles everywhere
- · Permission to ignore traffic signs
Bicyclists are legitimate road users and must obey traffic laws while receiving the protections of those laws.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Bicyclists, pp. 68–7011 · BICYCLISTS
When passing a bicyclist, you should:
- ✓ Reduce speed and give plenty of space, moving into an adjacent lane when safe
- · Stay in the same lane and pass closely
- · Sound your horn continuously
- · Force the bicyclist onto the shoulder
Pass a bicyclist as you would another vehicle: only when safe, at reduced speed, with sufficient clearance.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Bicyclists, pp. 68–7012 · BICYCLISTS
Before opening a parked vehicle's door into the roadway, you should:
- ✓ Check for approaching bicyclists and other traffic
- · Open the door quickly so cyclists notice
- · Rely on the passenger to check
- · Use hazard lights instead of checking
A door opened into a cyclist's path can cause a serious crash; check around the vehicle first.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Bicyclists, pp. 68–7013 · BICYCLISTS
Before turning right on red, the manual says to stop completely and look:
- ✓ Left-right-left and behind for bicyclists and other road users
- · Left only
- · Right only
- · Straight ahead only
Bicyclists can approach from the right rear, so a full scan including behind is essential before the turn.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Bicyclists, pp. 68–7014 · BICYCLISTS
A marked bicycle lane, bike box, or cycle track is:
- ✓ A dedicated space motorists generally must not drive in
- · An extra passing lane for cars
- · A loading zone
- · A shoulder that cars may use whenever traffic is heavy
The manual tells drivers to recognize bicycle facilities and not operate motor vehicles in these dedicated spaces.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Bicyclists, pp. 68–7015 · MOTORCYCLES
A motorcyclist is entitled to:
- ✓ A full traffic lane
- · Only half a lane
- · The shoulder only
- · The space between two lanes
Motorcycles have the same lane rights as other vehicles, even though a motorcycle is narrower.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Motorcyclists and Mopeds, pp. 70–7316 · MOTORCYCLES
Two motorcyclists may legally ride:
- ✓ Side-by-side in a single lane
- · Three abreast in one lane
- · Beside a car in the same lane
- · Only single file everywhere
New York permits two motorcyclists to ride side-by-side in a lane, but a motorcycle may not share a lane with a non-motorcycle vehicle.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Motorcyclists and Mopeds, pp. 70–7317 · MOTORCYCLES
In rain or darkness, when following a motorcycle you should:
- ✓ Give even more following space
- · Follow more closely so you can see its light
- · Pass immediately
- · Use high beams continuously
Motorcycles can be harder to see and traction may be reduced, so increase your space cushion.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Motorcyclists and Mopeds, pp. 70–7318 · MOPEDS
A New York Class A limited-use motorcycle (moped) has a top-speed range of:
- ✓ 31 to 40 mph
- · 21 to 30 mph
- · 20 mph or less
- · 41 to 55 mph
The manual classifies Class A mopeds as capable of 31–40 mph.
📖 NY Manual · Ch. 11 · Motorcyclists and Mopeds, pp. 70–73Tip: use your ← and → arrow keys
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