Maryland: Right-of-way and turning — Part 2 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “At a traffic circle, where should you cautiously approach and wait for a gap in traffic?” · “When do you not need to wait to enter a traffic circle?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Maryland Driver’s Manual" (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.
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What should you do with your speed as you come to a traffic circle?
- Maintain it
- Increase it to merge
- Reduce it
- Match the traffic already in the circle
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Correct answer: Reduce it
The manual says to reduce your speed as you come to a traffic circle.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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Which side of the island should you keep to in a traffic circle?
- The right side
- The left side
- Either side
- The side with less traffic
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Correct answer: The right side
The manual says to keep to the right of the island in a traffic circle.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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At a traffic circle, where should you cautiously approach and wait for a gap in traffic?
- The stop line
- The edge of the island
- The yield line
- The exit lane
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Correct answer: The yield line
The manual says to cautiously approach the yield line and wait for a gap in traffic.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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While you wait at the yield line for a gap, what else should you watch for?
- Vehicles parked inside the circle
- Vehicles exiting the traffic circle
- Vehicles stopped at the island
- Vehicles turning around in the circle
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Correct answer: Vehicles exiting the traffic circle
The manual says to wait for a gap in traffic and watch for vehicles exiting the traffic circle.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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When do you not need to wait to enter a traffic circle?
- When you are in the right lane
- When the yield sign is missing
- When pedestrians have crossed
- When there is no traffic in it
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Correct answer: When there is no traffic in it
The manual says you do not need to wait to enter the traffic circle if there is no traffic in it.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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What should you do if a traffic circle has more than one lane?
- Move to the inside lane to pass slower traffic
- Change lanes as often as needed
- Always use the outside lane
- Stay in your lane
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Correct answer: Stay in your lane
The manual says that if a traffic circle has more than one lane, you should stay in your lane.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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In a traffic circle with more than one lane, which signal should you turn on when preparing to exit?
- Your left turn signal
- Your right turn signal
- Your emergency flashers
- No signal
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Correct answer: Your right turn signal
The manual says that when preparing to exit you should turn on your right turn signal.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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In a multi-lane traffic circle, when should you move to the outside lane to exit?
- Before you enter the circle and approach the yield line
- Right after you enter the traffic circle
- After you pass the exit before the one you plan to take
- After you pass the exit that you plan to take
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Correct answer: After you pass the exit before the one you plan to take
The manual says to move to the outside lane after you pass the exit before the one you plan to take.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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What must you turn on when you drive in a funeral procession?
- Your headlights and flashing hazard lights
- Your high beams and your turn signals
- Your parking lights and your horn
- Your fog lights and your turn signals
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Correct answer: Your headlights and flashing hazard lights
The manual says drivers in a funeral procession must turn on their headlights and flashing hazard lights so other vehicles give them the right-of-way.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 32
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Under what conditions may you go through a red traffic signal in a funeral procession?
- If you are part of the procession and sound your horn
- If you are part of the procession and no cross traffic is seen
- If you are part of the procession and have your lights on
- If you follow the lead vehicle at a slow speed
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Correct answer: If you are part of the procession and have your lights on
The manual says you may go through a red traffic signal if you are part of a funeral procession and have your lights on.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 32
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A funeral procession is crossing an intersection while other drivers have a green signal. What must the other drivers do?
- Go ahead, because a green signal gives them the right-of-way
- Yield the right-of-way to vehicles in the procession
- Slow down and drive through behind the lead vehicle
- Stop only if the procession has a police escort
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Correct answer: Yield the right-of-way to vehicles in the procession
The manual says that even with a green signal, other vehicles must yield the right-of-way to vehicles in a funeral procession.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 32
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How long must other vehicles yield to a funeral procession?
- Until the lead vehicle has passed
- Until the first three vehicles have passed
- Until the hazard lights are turned off
- Until all vehicles in the procession have passed
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Correct answer: Until all vehicles in the procession have passed
The manual says other vehicles must yield until all vehicles in the procession have passed, unless they can safely proceed without crossing the procession’s path.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 32
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What must you do about pedestrians when you turn on a green signal?
- Turn first, because you have the green
- Sound your horn so they wait
- Yield to them
- Slow down but keep turning
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Correct answer: Yield to them
The manual says you must yield to pedestrians when turning on a green signal.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 37
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You turn on a red signal after stopping, where that turn is permitted. What must you do about pedestrians?
- Turn first, because you have already stopped
- Yield to them
- Stop again before the crosswalk and then go
- Let them wait until you have turned
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Correct answer: Yield to them
Even when a turn on red is permitted after stopping, you must yield to pedestrians.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 37
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When you enter or cross a bike lane or shoulder, what must you do?
- Cross quickly, since bicyclists must yield to cars
- Stop and wait for the bicyclist to wave you through
- Yield the right-of-way to bicyclists riding in them
- Yield only if a bicyclist signals first
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Correct answer: Yield the right-of-way to bicyclists riding in them
When you enter or cross a bike lane or shoulder, you must yield the right-of-way to bicyclists riding in them.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 40
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When a motor vehicle is making a turn near a bicyclist, who has the right-of-way?
- The turning driver, because the bicycle is smaller
- The bicyclist, so the driver must yield
- The vehicle that is moving faster
- Neither; both must stop and wave each other on
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Correct answer: The bicyclist, so the driver must yield
Bicyclists have the right-of-way when a motor vehicle is making a turn, so the driver must yield to bicyclists.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 40
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In a crosswalk, bicycles have the same right of way as whom?
- Motorcycles
- Emergency vehicles
- Vehicles turning left
- Pedestrians
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Correct answer: Pedestrians
Bicycles have the same right of way as pedestrians in a crosswalk.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 40
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Unless a bicyclist signals a turn, what should you always assume at an intersection?
- That the bicyclist is turning right
- That the bicyclist will stop and yield to you
- That the bicyclist is turning left
- That the bicyclist is going straight through
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Correct answer: That the bicyclist is going straight through
Always assume that bicyclists are going straight through an intersection unless they signal that they are turning.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 41
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What is a through lane?
- A lane used only for passing
- A lane that continues straight
- A lane that ends at the next intersection
- A lane reserved for buses and carpools
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Correct answer: A lane that continues straight
The manual defines a through lane as a lane that continues straight.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 41
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Immediately after passing a bike on a shoulder or bike lane, what must you never do?
- Merge into the lane on your left
- Stop in the through lane
- Slow down below the speed limit
- Make a right turn from a through lane
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Correct answer: Make a right turn from a through lane
Never make a right turn from a through lane immediately after passing a bike on a shoulder or bike lane.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 41
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Before you turn right, what should you try to make sure of?
- There are no bicycles on your right or in your right blind spot
- There are no pedestrians waiting on the opposite corner
- There are no parked cars within a block of the corner
- There are no traffic signs blocking your view of the road
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Correct answer: There are no bicycles on your right or in your right blind spot
You should try to make sure there are no bicycles on your right or in your right blind spot when you turn right.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 41
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When turning, how should you yield to bicycles?
- Only when the bicycle is in a marked bike lane
- Only when the bicyclist makes eye contact
- Like you do with any other vehicle going straight
- Like you would to a parked vehicle at the curb
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Correct answer: Like you do with any other vehicle going straight
When turning, you yield to bicycles like you do with any other vehicle going straight.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 41
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What must you not do when you turn left?
- Look closely for bicycles before beginning the turn
- Turn left immediately in front of a bicycle
- Slow down and signal before making the turn
- Wait until the intersection is clear before turning
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Correct answer: Turn left immediately in front of a bicycle
The manual says not to turn left immediately in front of a bicycle.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 41