Intersections and Turns Flashcards
You approach an intersection. The traffic light is green and you want to drive straight through. Another vehicle is already in the intersection making a left turn.
What Must you do?
You must let that vehicle complete its turn before you enter the intersection.
A driver who approaches an intersection must yield the right-of-way to traffic that is in the intersection.
You want to turn left at an intersection ahead. A vehicle reaches the intersection from the opposite direction and moves straight ahead.
What do you do
You must wait for approaching traffic to go through before you turn. You may enter the intersection to prepare for your left turn
If drivers approaching from opposite directions reach an intersection at about the same time, a driver that turns left must yield to traffic that moves straight or turns right.
You are stopped at a stop sign and you are going to go straight through the intersection. A driver on the crossroad has stopped at a stop sign on your right and is also going to go straight.
What Must You Do?
You must yield the right-of-way to the other driver.
At intersections not controlled by signs or signals, or where two or more drivers stop at STOP signs at the same time and they are at right angles, the driver on the left must yield the right-of-way to the driver on the right.
You are driving out of a parking lot and turn right as you enter a street. A vehicle approaches from your left.
What is the proper procedure?
You must stop and wait for the vehicle to pass before you enter the street
A vehicle that enters a roadway from a driveway, alley, private road, or another place that is not a roadway, must stop and yield the right-of-way to traffic on the roadway and to pedestrians.
You are stopped at a red light. A pedestrian steps into the crosswalk, and then the light turns green.
You must wait for the pedestrian to go across. You must also yield to pedestrians in crosswalks on your left or right before you turn.
Drivers must yield to pedestrians who legally use marked or unmarked crosswalks. This means you must slow down or stop if necessary.
Can you enter a backed-up intersection?
You cannot enter an intersection if traffic is backed up on the other side and you can not get completely through the intersection. Wait until traffic ahead clears, so you do not block the intersection.
You just entered a traffic circle must yield the right of way for whom
A driver who enters a traffic circle or rotary must yield the right-of-way to drivers already in the circle
You must yield the right-of-way to ______, ______, ______,
fire, ambulance, police, and other authorized emergency vehicles when they respond to emergencies. They will display lights that are flashing red, red, and blue or red and white and sound a siren or air-horn
When you hear or see an emergency vehicle heading toward your vehicle from any direction
What do you do
safely pull over immediately to the right edge of the road and stop. Wait until the emergency vehicle passes before you drive on. If you are in an intersection, drive out of it before you pull over.
What Is the move over law
This law requires every driver to exercise care to avoid colliding with an authorized emergency or hazard vehicle that is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder or any portion of the highway with its emergency lights activated or one or more amber hazard lights activated or a combination of one or more amber lights and one or more blue lights activated. Drivers must reduce speed on all roads when encountering such vehicles, but on parkways, interstates, and other controlled-access roads with multiple lanes, drivers are further required to move from the lane adjacent to the emergency or hazard vehicle unless traffic or other hazards prevent doing so safely. Drivers are also required to move over for vehicles with blue and green lights which are described in the next section. Violations of this law are punishable as a moving violation.
Do you have to pull over for Personal vehicles driven by volunteer firefighters?
The vehicles that display blue, green, or amber lights are not authorized emergency vehicles. Their drivers must obey all traffic laws. While you are not required to yield the right-of-way, you should yield as a courtesy if you can safely do so.
How far before you turn should you signal for a turn
The law requires you to signal a turn or lane change with your turn lights or hand signals at least 100 feet (30 m) ahead.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR A RIGHT TURN.
As you prepare to turn, get as far to the right as possible. Do not make wide, sweeping turns. Unless signs direct you to do otherwise, turn into the right lane of the road you enter. See the example below.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR A LEFT TURN FROM ONE-WAY ROAD INTO ONE-WAY ROAD:
Move into the left lane when you prepare to turn. If the road you enter has two lanes, you must turn into its left lane. See the example below.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR A LEFT TURN FROM ONE-WAY ROAD INTO TWO-WAY ROAD:
Approach the turn in the left lane. As you proceed through the intersection, enter the two-way road to the right of its centerline, but as close as possible to the centerline. Be alert for traffic that approaches from the road to the left. Motorcycles are hard to see, and it is hard to judge their speed and distance away. See the example below.
