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Connecticut: Right-of-way and turning — Part 1 Practice Test

Questions in this part include: “Every time you make a turn during the road test, what should you be aware of and what should you adjust?” · “Before you start to move through an intersection, why should you look across it?”

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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Connecticut Driver's Manual" (Revised March 2023), Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

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  1. Every time you make a turn during the road test, what should you be aware of and what should you adjust?

    • Only other vehicles; your following distance
    • Only road signs; your lane position
    • Weather conditions; your headlights
    • Other traffic and pedestrians; your speed
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    Correct answer: Other traffic and pedestrians; your speed

    You should be aware of other traffic and pedestrians at every turn, and your speed should also be adjusted for the turn.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 7 · Open this page in the manual

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  2. According to the manual, what is an intersection?

    • Any place where traffic merges or crosses
    • Only a place where two paved roads meet at a traffic light
    • Only a crossing marked by painted crosswalk lines
    • Only a place controlled by a stop sign or a stop light
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    Correct answer: Any place where traffic merges or crosses

    The manual defines an intersection as any place where traffic merges or crosses, including cross streets, side streets, driveways and parking lot entrances.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  3. When you are stopped at an intersection, what should you do just before you start moving?

    A blue car on a residential street that ends at a cross street with a double yellow line; houses, lawns, sidewalks, trees and a mailbox line the streets, and no signs are shown.
    • Look only straight ahead
    • Look only at the traffic light
    • Look both left and right
    • Tap the horn to warn cross traffic
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    Correct answer: Look both left and right

    The manual says that when stopped, you look both left and right just before you start moving.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  4. Before you start to move through an intersection, why should you look across it?

    • To make sure no police officer is waiting on the far side of the intersection
    • To make sure the path is clear all the way through, so you will not block it if you must stop
    • To make sure that the traffic light on the far side is the same color as yours
    • To decide whether you can speed up to get through before the light changes
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    Correct answer: To make sure the path is clear all the way through, so you will not block it if you must stop

    You look across the intersection to be sure the path is clear all the way through and that you will not block it if you have to stop.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  5. Before you turn left across traffic, what must you remember about oncoming traffic?

    A red car and a bicyclist in an orange jersey approaching a four-way intersection from opposite directions, each in its own lane, with double yellow center lines
    • It must yield to you if you signaled first
    • Bicycles must yield to you but cars do not
    • It has the right-of-way only when it has a green light
    • It always has the right-of-way, including bicycles
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    Correct answer: It always has the right-of-way, including bicycles

    The manual states that oncoming traffic, including bicycles, always has the right-of-way when you turn left.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  6. Before turning left, what should you check on the street onto which you are turning?

    A blue car with its left signal lamps flashing in its lane just before a four-way intersection with green signals; a yellow car at the stop line on the right-hand street.
    • That the street has a posted speed limit sign
    • That the street has no parked cars on the far side
    • That no vehicles, bicycles or pedestrians are in your path
    • That the street has a marked bicycle lane
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    Correct answer: That no vehicles, bicycles or pedestrians are in your path

    You check that nothing is in your path on the street you are entering, otherwise you would be stuck in the path of oncoming traffic.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  7. Just before you turn left, what should you do?

    A car inside an intersection waiting to turn left, with its left turn signal on and an oncoming car approaching
    • Tap your horn to warn oncoming traffic
    • Look one more time in the direction of oncoming traffic
    • Check your mirrors for traffic behind you
    • Stop and wait for oncoming drivers to wave you through
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    Correct answer: Look one more time in the direction of oncoming traffic

    The manual says to look one more time in the direction of oncoming traffic before you turn.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  8. Before turning right, which of these must you make sure of?

    Top view: your blue car waits at a STOP sign before a four-lane street, right turn signal on, with traffic in both directions.
    • No traffic is approaching from your right and no vehicle is stopped behind your vehicle
    • No other vehicle has parked within one block of the corner where you will turn
    • No traffic light is visible on the street onto which you will be turning
    • No traffic is approaching from your left and no oncoming traffic is turning into your path
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    Correct answer: No traffic is approaching from your left and no oncoming traffic is turning into your path

    Before a right turn you make sure that no traffic approaches from your left and no oncoming traffic turns into your path.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  9. Which of these is a rule for beginning a right turn?

    A signalized intersection: the blue car, right signal on, is at the corner about to turn right on a green light while a pedestrian with a lit WALK signal is in the crosswalk of the street it is turning into.
    • Check for pedestrians crossing where you will be turning
    • Turn first, then look for pedestrians
    • Sound the horn so pedestrians clear the crossing
    • Check only for vehicles, since pedestrians must yield to turning drivers
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    Correct answer: Check for pedestrians crossing where you will be turning

    Do not begin your turn without checking for pedestrians crossing where you will be turning.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  10. How soon after passing a bicycle may you turn right?

    A red car beside a green bike lane, just ahead of a bicyclist riding in the lane, with an intersection ahead
    • Right away, if you have signaled
    • Not immediately after passing it
    • Right away, if the bicycle is in a bike lane
    • Right away, if the bicycle is going slower than you
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    Correct answer: Not immediately after passing it

    The manual says not to turn immediately after passing a bicycle.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  11. Why is it especially important to look left and right just after a light has turned green?

    • People on the cross street are most likely to hurry through before their light turns red
    • Vehicles waiting behind you tend to sound their horns and pull around you
    • Pedestrians on the cross street always have a walk signal when your light turns green
    • Cross-street drivers usually wait several seconds after their own light turns red
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    Correct answer: People on the cross street are most likely to hurry through before their light turns red

    Just after the light turns green is when people on the cross street are most likely to hurry through the intersection before the light changes to red.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  12. If you are stopped and your view of a cross street is blocked, what should you do?

    Top view of a residential intersection. A blue car is stopped at the stop line beside a STOP sign. A tall hedge along the corner lot on its right hides the cross street from the driver.
    • Sound your horn and then go
    • Wait until another driver waves you ahead
    • Stay stopped until the blockage disappears
    • Edge forward slowly until you can see
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    Correct answer: Edge forward slowly until you can see

    You edge forward slowly until you can see the cross street.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  13. Why does moving forward slowly help when your view of a cross street is blocked?

    Top view of a residential intersection. A blue car is stopped at the stop line beside a STOP sign. A tall hedge along the corner lot on its right hides the cross street from the driver.
    • Crossing drivers can see the front of your vehicle before you can see them
    • It tells crossing drivers that you are about to turn left at the intersection
    • It gives you time to check your mirrors for traffic behind you
    • It lets pedestrians know that you plan to stop completely
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    Correct answer: Crossing drivers can see the front of your vehicle before you can see them

    Crossing drivers see the front of your vehicle first, which gives them a chance to slow down and warn you if necessary.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  14. What does the manual say about entering an intersection during heavy traffic?

    • Enter whenever your light is green, even if you may have to stop inside it
    • Enter only if you can drive through without using your turn signal
    • Do not enter unless there is room on the far side for your vehicle
    • Enter only if no pedestrians are waiting at the crosswalk
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    Correct answer: Do not enter unless there is room on the far side for your vehicle

    Drivers may not enter an intersection unless there is enough space on the opposite side; entering without it is known as blocking the box or causing gridlock.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 15 · Open this page in the manual

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  15. At an intersection, how must a driver treat a bicyclist?

    A blue car at a STOP sign on a side street, with a dashed yellow arrow straight across the main road, as a bicyclist rides toward the intersection from the left
    • Go first because bicyclists are slower than cars
    • Yield as you would for pedestrians and other vehicles
    • Expect the bicyclist to wait until you have passed
    • Honk to tell the bicyclist to stop
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    Correct answer: Yield as you would for pedestrians and other vehicles

    Drivers must yield to bicyclists in intersections as they would for pedestrians and other vehicles.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 17 · Open this page in the manual

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  16. When a bicycle path or bike lane intersects a road, who must yield the right-of-way?

    A paved bicycle path crossing a two-lane road at a marked crossing with yellow bicycle warning signs, and a blue car approaching
    • The bicyclist must yield to the driver
    • The one traveling more slowly must yield
    • The vehicle on the left must yield
    • The driver must yield to the bicyclist
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    Correct answer: The driver must yield to the bicyclist

    A driver must yield the right-of-way to a bicyclist when a bicycle path or bike lane intersects a road.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 17 · Open this page in the manual

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  17. Before you turn across a bicycle lane or a sidewalk, what must you do?

    A car with its right turn signal on next to a bicyclist riding in a green bike lane near an intersection
    • Yield to bicyclists and persons on the sidewalk
    • Honk to warn bicyclists that you are turning
    • Move into the bicycle lane before you turn
    • Slow down but keep moving through the lane
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    Correct answer: Yield to bicyclists and persons on the sidewalk

    You must yield to bicyclists in a bicycle lane or persons on a sidewalk before you turn across the lane or sidewalk.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 17 · Open this page in the manual

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  18. When making turns, what should you watch carefully for?

    A red car in the right lane of a road with a double yellow centre line, nearing a cross street with a white line across the road; grass beyond the sidewalks.
    • Only pedestrians in front of you
    • Bicyclists entering your lane
    • Only vehicles behind you
    • Only signals on the far side
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    Correct answer: Bicyclists entering your lane

    The manual says to watch carefully for bicyclists entering your lane when making turns.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 17 · Open this page in the manual

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  19. A bicyclist is beside you and you are about to turn right. What should you do?

    A car with its right turn signal on next to a bicyclist riding in a green bike lane near an intersection
    • Pass the bicyclist quickly and then make your turn
    • Slow down and let the cyclist clear the intersection
    • Turn in front of the bicyclist with your signal on
    • Sound your horn and then make your turn
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    Correct answer: Slow down and let the cyclist clear the intersection

    If you are about to make a right turn, you must not pass a bicyclist immediately before the turn; slow down and let the cyclist clear the intersection.

    Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023), page 17 · Open this page in the manual

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