Controlling your vehicle

Which clue or clues help you to identify an intersection ahead?

street signs and street lights

The spot where you can no longer stop safely is

The point of no return

You are approaching an intersection that had traffic signals. The intersection is

Controlled

Two kinds of signs are used to control intersections. They are the

STOP sign and the YIELD sign

An intersection with a YIELD sign is

a controlled intersection.

If a traffic has a fourth or fifth light, it is likely to be a

Left-turn light

A traffic light that has been green for some time is

Stale, likely to turn yellow

If left turns are not prohibited after a left-turn arrow ends, what strategy should you use to complete the turn?

Treat it as unprotected left turn

Generally, you may turn right on red providing you

treat the light as you would a STOP sign.

Red light and crossing gates indicate

A controlled railroad crossing

An intersection which has neither traffic signs nor traffic signals is

An uncontrolled intersection

If two vehicles approach an uncontrolled intersection at about the same time, who must yield?

The driver on the left yields to the driver in the right

You approach an uncontrolled intersection. You should treat it as though which sign is present?

a YIELD sign

You are waiting to make are waiting to make a left turn from a four-lane street. There are no signs or signals present. How does traffic affect your turning left?

you should not begin the turn until traffic is clear

A delayed green light means

one side of an intersection has a green light and the other side remains red.

A railroad crossing is indicated by a

White, X-shaped sign

When driving a stickshift vehicle across railroads tracks, you should

Shift to lower gear before crossing the tracks

Yielding the right of way means

Letting others go first

You have the right of way only

When other drivers give it to you

When you should yield, other drivers

should not have to slow or stop.

When an emergency vehicle sounds it's sirens or uses a flashing light, you

Must yield the right of way

You are preparing to enter traffic at an intersection. You must judge the

Size of the gap between vehicles

Turning left and accelerating to 30 mph takes about

7 seconds

Joining traffic when turning right takes

a larger gap than crossing the intersection

When joining traffic by turning left, the gap to the left should be

greater than when turning right