What must a driver do before entering a highway from a private road or driveway?
- Give a hand signal then take right-of-way
- Yield right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway ✓
- Enter or cross the highway as quickly as possible
- Sound the horn and proceed with caution
Answer: B. Yield right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway
Before entering a highway from a private road or driveway, you must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that when you enter a road from a private road or driveway, you must yield to vehicles on the road and to pedestrians on the sidewalk. That puts traffic already on the highway first, so you wait until the way is clear before you enter or cross. Signalling does not give you the right-of-way; you still have to make sure it is safe.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Give a hand signal then take right-of-way — A hand signal does not give you the right-of-way; the handbook says signalling does not give you priority over traffic on the road.
- C. Enter or cross the highway as quickly as possible — Trying to enter or cross quickly does not remove your duty to yield to vehicles already on the highway.
- D. Sound the horn and proceed with caution — Sounding the horn is not a substitute for yielding; you must still let traffic on the road go first and make sure the way is clear.
Remember it
Think “private exit waits”: coming out of a driveway or private road, traffic already on the road goes first.