Virginia permit test: right of way & intersections
Who goes first at stops, uncontrolled intersections, roundabouts and when entering roads. 6 questions.
At a four-way stop, you arrive and stop first. A moment later a car stops on the cross street to your right. Who goes first?
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Sample right of way & intersections questions
At a four-way stop, you arrive and stop first. A moment later a car stops on the cross street to your right. Who goes first?
- A Whichever vehicle is larger
- B You, because you arrived first
- C Whichever driver is going straight
- D The car on your right, always
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B. You, because you arrived first
When vehicles reach an intersection at different times, the first to arrive goes first. Yielding to the driver on the right is the tie-breaker only when vehicles arrive together.
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Two cars reach an intersection with no signs or signals at the same time, from different roads. Who must yield?
- A The driver going faster has the right-of-way
- B The driver turning left goes first
- C The driver on the right yields to the driver on the left
- D The driver on the left yields to the driver on the right
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D. The driver on the left yields to the driver on the right
At an uncontrolled intersection, if two vehicles arrive at the same time, the driver on the left lets the driver on the right go first. The same rule applies at all-way stops and at dark signals.
You are pulling out of a parking lot onto a street. What must you do?
- A Stop and yield to all traffic and pedestrians
- B Yield only to cars, since pedestrians must wait
- C Honk and pull out slowly so others can stop
- D Merge without stopping if the street looks clear
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A. Stop and yield to all traffic and pedestrians
When entering a road from a driveway, alley, private road or parking lot, you must stop and yield to all traffic and pedestrians. Drivers on the road do not expect you to pull out, so wait until it is clear.
A funeral procession without a police escort is passing through an intersection where your light has turned green. What should you do?
- A Honk to let the procession know you are entering
- B Pull in between cars once there is a gap
- C Go, since your green light gives you the right-of-way
- D Yield, and do not cut through or join the procession
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D. Yield, and do not cut through or join the procession
Virginia requires drivers to yield to funeral processions and not cut through, join or interfere with them. Cars in the procession may follow without stopping and use hazard lights so you can identify them. The same no-cutting rule applies to military convoys.