You come to an intersection that is blocked by other traffic. You should:
- Go slowly until the traffic ahead moves.
- Get as close as possible to the car in front of you.
- Stay out of the intersection until you can pass through. ✓
- Sound your horn to make the cars move up.
Answer: C. Stay out of the intersection until you can pass through.
Stay out of the intersection until you can pass completely through.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says you cannot enter an intersection when traffic is backed up on the other side and you cannot get completely through. It tells you to wait until traffic ahead clears so you do not block the intersection. That matches staying out until you can pass through. It also warns that blocking can cause gridlock on another street. Moving in slowly or crowding the car ahead would still put you in the intersection without room to clear it, which the passage does not allow.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Go slowly until the traffic ahead moves. — Going slowly still moves you into the blocked intersection, while the handbook says to wait until you can get completely through.
- B. Get as close as possible to the car in front of you. — Getting close to the car ahead does not create the space needed to clear the intersection, so it conflicts with the rule to wait until traffic ahead clears.
- D. Sound your horn to make the cars move up. — The handbook passage does not give honking as a way to handle a backed-up intersection; it says to wait until you can pass through.
Remember it
Think: no room on the far side, no entry.