At an intersection with no traffic lights or traffic signs, you should
- keep up your speed and look for oncoming vehicles.
- slow down and be ready to brake as you pass through. ✓
- treat this intersection as a four-way stop.
- honk your horn to signal your position to other drivers.
Answer: B. slow down and be ready to brake as you pass through.
You should slow down and be ready to brake as you pass through an intersection with no traffic lights or signs.
Why this is the answer
The commercial driving handbook says not to assume you have the right-of-way, even where signs or lights control it. It tells you to look left and right before entering any intersection and to expect someone to run a sign or light. It also says to enter a limited-view intersection at a speed that lets you stop if needed, and to give right-of-way rather than take it. At an uncontrolled crossing, that guidance points to easing off and covering the brake instead of carrying speed through.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. keep up your speed and look for oncoming vehicles. — Keeping up your speed and only watching for oncoming vehicles ignores the handbook's direction to look left and right, expect others to fail to yield, and enter at a speed that lets you stop.
- C. treat this intersection as a four-way stop. — The passages do not say to treat an unsigned intersection as a four-way stop; they say not to assume right-of-way and to be ready to stop if needed.
- D. honk your horn to signal your position to other drivers. — The passages do not tell you to honk to announce your position; they emphasize looking, keeping control, and giving right-of-way.
Remember it
No sign or light means no assumed right-of-way: ease off, look both ways, and keep the brake ready.