Tennessee: Right-of-way, turning and passing — Right-of-Way Procedures Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “What does the manual say the law does about the right-of-way?” · “You have the right-of-way and another driver yields it to you. What does the manual say to do?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual" (March 2025 printing), Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.
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What does the manual say the law does about the right-of-way?
- It gives the right-of-way to the faster vehicle
- It only says who must yield the right-of-way
- It gives the right-of-way to the larger vehicle
- It gives the right-of-way to the driver who signals first
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Correct answer: It only says who must yield the right-of-way
The law does not really give anyone the right-of-way; it only says who must yield.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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Another driver does not follow the right-of-way rules. What does the manual say you should do?
- Give that driver the right-of-way
- Insist on your right-of-way and sound the horn
- Hold your speed so the other driver must stop
- Flash your headlights and proceed first
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Correct answer: Give that driver the right-of-way
The right-of-way is something to be given, not taken, so you yield to a driver who ignores the rules.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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When meeting other traffic at an intersection or when entering the roadway, what does the manual advise?
- Sound your horn before you enter the roadway or intersection
- Make sure the other driver sees you; make eye contact if you can
- Flash your headlights and pull out ahead of the other driver
- Speed up so the other driver has less time to react to you
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Correct answer: Make sure the other driver sees you; make eye contact if you can
The manual says to make sure the other driver sees you and to make eye contact when you can.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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You are starting from a parked position. What must you do?
- Signal and pull out ahead of slower vehicles
- Move out as soon as the nearest car passes
- Pull out first if you are the larger vehicle
- Wait for all moving traffic to pass
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Correct answer: Wait for all moving traffic to pass
The manual says to wait for all moving traffic to pass when starting from a parked position.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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You are entering a main road from a driveway, alley, parking lot or roadside. Who must you yield to?
- Only vehicles approaching from your right
- Only vehicles in the lane nearest you
- All vehicles already on the main road
- Only vehicles traveling faster than you
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Correct answer: All vehicles already on the main road
The driver entering from a driveway, alley, parking lot or roadside yields to all vehicles already on the main road.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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You are entering a roundabout, traffic circle or rotary. Who must you yield to?
- Traffic already in the roundabout
- Traffic waiting to enter on your left
- Traffic entering at the same time on your right
- No one, because entering vehicles go first
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Correct answer: Traffic already in the roundabout
Drivers entering a roundabout yield to the traffic already circulating in it.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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You are approaching a merge onto a busy highway or interstate. What must you do?
- Stop at the end of the ramp and wait for a gap in traffic
- Hold a steady speed and let the other drivers adjust to you
- Increase or decrease speed as needed, and yield if necessary
- Move onto the highway first if you are using your turn signal
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Correct answer: Increase or decrease speed as needed, and yield if necessary
At a merge you adjust your speed as needed and yield the right-of-way if necessary.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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You have the right-of-way and another driver yields it to you. What does the manual say to do?
- Wait for the other driver to wave twice
- Wait until the other driver has gone
- Proceed immediately
- Stop and signal your thanks first
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Correct answer: Proceed immediately
If another driver yields the right-of-way to you, you proceed immediately.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 53 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 53)
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At an intersection with YIELD signs posted, what must the driver do?
- Always come to a complete stop and wait for a clear road
- Speed up so you can merge ahead of oncoming traffic
- Stop only if a pedestrian is crossing in front of you
- Slow down or stop to avoid a crash with oncoming traffic
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Correct answer: Slow down or stop to avoid a crash with oncoming traffic
At a YIELD sign the driver slows down or stops as needed to avoid a crash with oncoming traffic.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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You have a green traffic light, but a vehicle is still in the intersection. What must you do?
- Go ahead, because you have the green light
- Yield to the vehicle already in the intersection
- Sound your horn and proceed
- Go first if you are in the right lane
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Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle already in the intersection
You yield to any vehicles already in the intersection, even when your light is green.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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At a “T” intersection where one road dead-ends into a main crossing road, who must yield?
- Vehicles on the road that ends, to traffic from both directions
- Vehicles on the main road, to those entering from the ending road
- The vehicle arriving last, whichever road it happens to be on
- Vehicles turning left, to vehicles turning right and no one else
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Correct answer: Vehicles on the road that ends, to traffic from both directions
Vehicles on the dead-end road yield to oncoming traffic from both directions on the main road.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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When may you turn left at an intersection without yielding to oncoming vehicles going straight or turning right?
- When you have a steady green light and the road looks clear
- When your turn signal has been flashing for at least 50 feet
- When you are the first vehicle in line at the intersection
- When you have a protected green arrow for your left turn
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Correct answer: When you have a protected green arrow for your left turn
You yield to oncoming vehicles when turning left unless your left turn is on a protected green arrow.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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At an intersection marked as an all-way stop, who goes first?
- The vehicle that reaches the intersection first
- The vehicle that approaches from the left
- The largest vehicle that is at the intersection
- The vehicle that is going straight ahead
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Correct answer: The vehicle that reaches the intersection first
At an all-way stop the first vehicle to reach the intersection goes first, though all vehicles must stop.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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At an all-way stop, more than one vehicle arrives at the same time. Which one yields to which?
- Yield to the vehicle on your left
- Yield to the vehicle on your right
- Yield to the larger vehicle
- Yield to the vehicle that signals first
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Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle on your right
When vehicles arrive together at an all-way stop, you yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on your right.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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Roads cross and there are no stop signs or signals. Two vehicles arrive at the same time. What must you do?
- Yield to the vehicle coming on your left
- Yield to the vehicle that is moving faster
- Yield to the vehicle coming on your right
- Go first if you are on the wider road
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Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle coming on your right
Where roads cross without signs or signals, you yield to any vehicle coming at the same time on your right.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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When may you enter an intersection, according to the manual?
- Whenever your light is green, even if traffic ahead is stopped
- Whenever you have signaled, even if the crossing is blocked
- Only when you can get through it without having to stop
- Only when you are in the right lane
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Correct answer: Only when you can get through it without having to stop
You should wait until traffic in front of you clears so you do not block the intersection, or you could be ticketed.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 54 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 54)
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What does the manual say about backing into an intersection from a driveway?
- It is allowed if no traffic is in sight
- It is allowed during daylight hours only
- It is illegal
- It is allowed if you use your hazard flashers
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Correct answer: It is illegal
Backing into an intersection from a driveway is illegal.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 64 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 64)
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When backing out of a parking space, when should you look both directions?
- Before and during the backing maneuver
- Only before you shift into reverse
- Only after you have cleared the parked cars
- Only if you see a pedestrian nearby
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Correct answer: Before and during the backing maneuver
Look both ways before and during the move out of the space and be ready to stop quickly if a hazard appears.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 64 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 64)
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What must a driver do when coming out of any type of parking space, including parallel spaces?
- Sound the horn and then proceed
- Back out quickly to clear the space
- Look, signal and yield the right-of-way
- Look and signal, since traffic must yield
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Correct answer: Look, signal and yield the right-of-way
A driver leaving any parking space must look, signal and yield the right-of-way.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 65 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 65)
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When you merge onto an interstate from an entrance ramp, who must yield the right-of-way?
- The drivers already on the interstate
- You, the driver entering the interstate
- Whichever driver is going faster
- The driver in the larger vehicle
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Correct answer: You, the driver entering the interstate
Drivers on the interstate should make room when they can, but yielding the right-of-way is the entering driver's responsibility.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 68 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 68)
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At a weaving interchange, what must you and the driver moving right toward the exit ramp do?
- Both yield and share it in an equal "give and take" way
- Let the entering driver go first in every case
- Let the exiting driver go first in every case
- Speed up so the merge is finished quickly
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Correct answer: Both yield and share it in an equal "give and take" way
Entering and exiting drivers use the same lane at a weaving interchange, so both must yield and share it in an equal give-and-take manner.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 70 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 70)
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At an intersection with a motorcycle, when should you move into its path of travel?
- As soon as the rider slows down
- Only after the rider’s intentions are absolutely clear
- As soon as the rider signals a turn
- Right after the rider enters the intersection
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Correct answer: Only after the rider’s intentions are absolutely clear
Most collisions and injuries happen at intersections, so drivers should wait until it is certain whether the rider is turning or going straight.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing), page 107 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 107)