Intersections Practice Questions

Answer: An oncoming vehicle going straight ahead or turning left and any vehicle on your right

You must never turn right in front of oncoming traffic, so a vehicle coming the other way keeps its precedence whether it is going straight on or turning left. Where no sign or light controls the intersection you also give precedence to anything on your right. The blue car waits for both, then turns.

Answer: Yes, whether they are turning or not

When you enter a major road from a minor one you give precedence to all cross traffic. The yellow car is on the side road, turning right up into the through road; the blue car comes from its left and the red car from its right, both on the through road. The yellow car gives way to both, turning or not.

Answer: Yes, it has the same meaning as the sign itself

A line painted across your lane is a traffic control in its own right, and you may not cross it until you have done what the control at that point requires. A sign lying on the ground does not cancel the marking still painted on the road. Stop or give way at the line just as you would have at the sign.

Answer: Wait until there is room for you to completely cross the intersection

Do not enter a junction unless you can clear it; at a box junction you must not enter until your exit is clear. The robot is green, but the blue car beyond the intersection is stopped in a queue, so the yellow car would be left standing across it. Wait until there is room to cross the intersection completely.

Answer: The far right-hand lane or any other lane having an arrow pointing right

Your correct position for a right turn is as far to the right of your side of the road as possible, and where arrows are painted between the lane lines you must obey them. On a road divided into lanes that means the far right lane, or any other lane with an arrow pointing right.

Answer: Vehicle P

Both drivers face a give way sign, so neither gets precedence from the sign. The turn decides it. Yellow O is turning right across the path of red P, which is coming the other way and turning left, and you never turn right in front of oncoming traffic. So P goes first and O waits for it to clear.

Answer: Vehicle O must give way to vehicles P, Q and R

A stop sign takes away the rights of the traffic facing it. Yellow car O is at the stop sign; pink car P crosses from the left, red van Q comes down from the top and blue car R comes in from the right, all passing in front of O. O must stop and give way to P, Q and R before moving off.

Answer: Yes, at all times

A stop sign used with a stop line requires you to stop immediately behind that line every time, whatever the traffic. In the picture the crossing lies just before the intersection. Having stopped for the pedestrian on the crossing, you still stop again at the stop line before entering the road ahead.

Answer: Vehicle J

A give way sign takes away the rights of the traffic facing it. Yellow car J is at the give way line on the side road. Blue car L is coming down the through road turning towards K, and red car K is heading up it towards L's road; both are on the road J is joining. J must give way.

Answer: Vehicle R

When you enter a major road from a minor one you give precedence to all cross traffic. Yellow car R is on the side road, turning right into the through road; blue car Q is on the through road, going straight on or turning right into R's road. R is the one joining, so R gives way.

Answer: Continue through the intersection

Amber means stop, and the place to stop is at the line. Here the change catches you when you are already past the line and inside the intersection, so there is nowhere left to stop and halting would leave you sitting in the path of the crossing traffic. Drive on and clear the intersection.

Answer: Before coming to and as near to the intersection as possible

A stop sign requires you to stop immediately before continuing into the road ahead, and where there is a stop line you stop behind it. With no line painted, stop before the intersection and as near to it as you can, then edge forward if you need a clearer view. Five metres back is too far to see from.

Answer: After the car going straight ahead has passed

You must not turn right in front of oncoming traffic. Car A is waiting to turn right at an intersection with no signs or lights, and the yellow car is coming the other way and going straight ahead through it. Let the yellow car pass, then make your turn when the way is clear.

Answer: Slow down and give way to car B on your right

At an intersection with no signs or lights you give precedence to the road on your right. Car A wants to turn left into the road that yellow car B is already on, and B is coming from A's right. Slow down as you reach the junction and let B go through before you pull out.

Answer: Always follow any instruction they give you

A police officer directing traffic overrides every sign, marking and traffic light at the intersection. So it makes no difference what the lights are showing or what the signs say. Make sure the signal is meant for you, then do exactly what the officer tells you to do.

Answer: Either lane

Where arrows are painted on the road between the lane lines you must obey them. In the picture the left lane is marked for left turn or straight ahead, and the right lane for straight ahead or right turn. Straight ahead is allowed from both, so you may use either lane for this traffic circle.

Answer: Give way to the pedestrian

A vehicle turning left or right gives precedence to any pedestrian on the road it is turning into. The person is already crossing, has the right to be there, and has nothing to protect them. Wait until they are clear of your path, then finish the turn.

Answer: O and P only

Where a broken line runs beside a continuous one, the line on your own side governs you. Here your side has a continuous line, so you may not cross it to overtake, and the move round the red car is out. The turns across into the side road and the driveway are the two you may make.

Answer: O, P and Q

Where a broken line runs beside a continuous one, the line on your own side governs you. Here your side has the broken line, so you may cross it whenever you are satisfied it is safe. That leaves all three open: the turn into the driveway, the turn into the side road, and the move round the red car.

Answer: To enter or leave a street or driveway

A continuous line may not be crossed, and a pair of them keeps each direction on its own side, so you cannot cross to overtake and an empty road coming the other way changes nothing. The one crossing this paper allows is entering or leaving a street or driveway, made slowly and only when it is clear.