You are approaching an intersection on a main road, and the intersection is blocked with traffic. You should…?
- Keep as close as possible to the car ahead
- Stop before entering the intersection and wait until traffic ahead moves on ✓
- Sound your horn to warn cars ahead to move on
- Proceed slowly into the intersection until the traffic ahead moves on
Answer: B. Stop before entering the intersection and wait until traffic ahead moves on
Stop before entering the intersection and wait until traffic ahead moves on.
Why this is the answer
The handbook addresses this exact situation: when you approach an intersection on a main road and traffic is blocking it, you stop before entering and wait for the traffic ahead to move on. That keeps you from sitting inside the intersection while the way is not clear. The same passage notes the rule does not apply when you are turning left or right, so the straight-through approach is what is being described here.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Keep as close as possible to the car ahead — Keeping as close as possible to the car ahead can leave you stopped inside the blocked intersection; the handbook says to stop before entering and wait.
- C. Sound your horn to warn cars ahead to move on — Sounding your horn does not clear the traffic ahead and is not what the handbook tells you to do in this situation.
- D. Proceed slowly into the intersection until the traffic ahead moves on — Moving slowly into the intersection until traffic ahead moves goes against the handbook's instruction to stop before entering and wait.
Remember it
Full intersection ahead? Treat the entrance like a stop line until there is room on the other side.