Vermont Permit Test: Right-of-Way Practice Questions

Correct answer: The driver on the left

At a four-way stop the first to arrive goes first; if two arrive together, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.

Source: Chapter 7 – Right-of-way

Correct answer: All oncoming traffic, including bicyclists

If you are turning left, you must yield to all oncoming traffic, whether motor vehicle or bicyclist.

Source: Chapter 7 – Right-of-way

Correct answer: Yield to all traffic on the road

A driver approaching the road from a driveway, alley, parking lot, or T-intersection must yield to all traffic on the road.

Source: Chapter 7 – Right-of-way

Correct answer: Slow enough to stop if needed

At a yield sign you must travel slowly enough to stop if necessary and enter only when the way is clear.

Source: Chapter 7 – Right-of-way

Correct answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes

You must pull over to the right side of the road and stop, remaining stopped until the emergency vehicle has gone by.

Source: Chapter 7 – Move Over Law

Correct answer: Slow down and change lanes if safe

Always proceed with caution (slow down) and, on a four-lane highway, make a lane change if you can do so safely.

Source: Chapter 7 – Move Over Law

Correct answer: Slow to 20 mph below the limit

If you are unable to change lanes, you must slow down to 20 mph below the speed limit to go by.

Source: Chapter 7 – Interstate Driving

Correct answer: Proceed with caution and yield to it

Drivers must yield the right of way to state, city or town maintenance vehicles working on a highway, such as a snowplow.

Source: Chapter 7 – Move Over Law

Correct answer: Do not pass the stopped vehicle

Do not pass a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian even if there are two lanes; this is a frequent cause of pedestrian deaths.

Source: Chapter 7 – Sharing the Road with Pedestrians

Correct answer: Stop and yield

When a pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog is crossing or waiting to cross, you must stop and yield.

Source: Chapter 7 – Sharing the Road with Pedestrians

Correct answer: Yes

Even when pedestrians cross the street carelessly, the driver must yield.

Source: Chapter 7 – Sharing the Road with Pedestrians

Correct answer: When its red lights are flashing, from any direction

It is against the law to pass a stopped school bus with red lights on from any direction, even in a school yard.

Source: Chapter 7 – Sharing the Road with School Buses

Correct answer: On a divided highway when the bus is going the other way

You do not have to stop on a divided highway if the school bus is traveling in the opposite direction.

Source: Chapter 7 – Sharing the Road with School Buses

Correct answer: It is about to stop; prepare to stop

The bus driver activates flashing yellow lights and slows before stopping; you should prepare to stop. Red lights come on once stopped.

Source: Chapter 7 – Sharing the Road with School Buses

Correct answer: Stop as if there are stop signs all ways

If a signal light is dark, as in a power failure, stop as if there are stop signs in all directions.

Source: Chapter 7 – Traffic Lights