Right of Way & Intersections — Texas
Texas permit practice test: 580 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. Right of Way & Intersections: 35 questions.
Who goes first at intersections, roundabouts, merges and uncontrolled crossings.
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| Topic / Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Topic | Right of Way & Intersections |
| License test | Texas Car learner's permit test |
| Topic questions | 35 (6% of 580 total) |
| Review status | This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines. |
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Texas Driver Handbook (dps.texas.gov, DL-7) ✓ Verified from official source
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Questions (35)
1. What should you do when you are going to enter a roadway from a private road?
- Blow your horn to warn cars you are entering the roadway.
- Stop with part of your car on the roadway to alert other drivers.
- Drive out fast to merge smoothly with the traffic.
- Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and roadway traffic. ✓
Answer: D. Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and roadway traffic.
When you enter a roadway from a private road, alley, building, or driveway, stop before the sidewalk and yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and all approaching traffic. The handbook covers this exact situation. It says that coming onto a road, street, or highway from a private road, alley, building, or driveway, you must stop before the sidewalk and let all approaching vehicles and pedestrians go first. Yielding protects the people and drivers already using the road, since they are not expecting you to pull out in front of them. Honking, nosing into the road, or rushing out does not match what the handbook requires you to do here.
2. When two vehicles arrive to an intersection at the same time, which one has the right-of-way when no signs or signals indicate rules?
- The car approaching from the right has the right-of-way. ✓
- The car approaching from the left has the right-of-way.
- The car in which the driver sounds his horn first has the right-of-way.
- The car that is traveling the fastest has the right-of-way.
Answer: A. The car approaching from the right has the right-of-way.
The car approaching from the right has the right-of-way when two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same time. The handbook's section on intersections without signs or signals says to yield to a vehicle that has entered or is approaching the intersection on your right. That rule decides the tie when both cars arrive together. The same passage also says you may legally have the right-of-way but should make sure the other driver yields before you go.
3. When dealing with pedestrians, a driver must:
- Make sure the pedestrian is aware of their vehicle.
- Always yield the right-of-way, even if the pedestrian is in the wrong. ✓
- Yield the right-of-way only when the pedestrian is legally entitled to it.
- Slow down and sound their horn near a crosswalk.
Answer: B. Always yield the right-of-way, even if the pedestrian is in the wrong.
4. To properly use a roundabout, drivers should:
- Stop within the roundabout.
- Yield to entering traffic.
- Drive in a clockwise direction.
- Yield to traffic already in the roundabout. ✓
Answer: D. Yield to traffic already in the roundabout.
Drivers should yield to traffic already in the roundabout. The Texas handbook describes entering a modern roundabout by slowing down, yielding to traffic already in the circle, and joining only when there is an acceptable gap. It also says roundabout traffic flows counterclockwise and that yield signs, not lights, control vehicles entering. That makes yielding to traffic already circulating the correct action, since the entering driver must wait for a safe opening rather than take the right of way.
5. If two drivers arrive at the same time to a four-way intersection controlled by stop signs:
- The driver on the right has the right-of-way. ✓
- The driver on the left has the right-of-way.
- One driver may continue driving without stopping.
- One driver should honk to indicate that they are giving up the right-of-way.
Answer: A. The driver on the right has the right-of-way.
6. On a road with three or more lanes, a vehicle entering a lane from the right:
- Always has the right-of-way.
- Must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle entering the same lane from the left. ✓
- Should be allowed the right-of-way by a vehicle entering the same lane from the left.
- Does not need to use its blinker.
Answer: B. Must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle entering the same lane from the left.
The vehicle entering the lane from the right must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle entering the same lane from the left. The handbook states that when a road has three or more lanes going the same direction, a vehicle entering a lane from the right must give way to a vehicle entering that same lane from the left. That settles the priority between the two vehicles: the one coming in from the right waits. The answer matches that rule, so the vehicle entering from the right does not take the right-of-way; it yields.
7. You are waiting in the intersection to complete a left turn. You should:
- Signal and keep your wheels turned to the left.
- Signal and keep your wheels straight. ✓
- Flash your headlights so drivers will let you through.
- Drive around the rear of a car if it blocks you.
Answer: B. Signal and keep your wheels straight.
8. You should not park within ____ of an intersection.
- 20 feet ✓
- 30 feet
- 35 feet
- 45 feet
Answer: A. 20 feet
You should not park within 20 feet of an intersection crosswalk, so the correct choice is 20 feet. The handbook's no-parking list sets a 20-foot limit from a crosswalk at an intersection. That is the intersection-related distance it gives. The nearby 30-foot rule is for approaching a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic control signal at the side of the road, not for an intersection generally. The passages also say not to park within an intersection itself, but they do not give a separate distance for that. So the bank's 20-foot answer fits the listed crosswalk rule.
9. If you reach an intersection where you wish to turn but you are not in the proper lane, you should:
- Quickly cut across traffic to make your turn.
- Turn on your blinker and make the turn from your current lane.
- Drive to the next intersection and make your turn then. ✓
- Safely change lanes then put your vehicle in reverse to go back to the intersection.
Answer: C. Drive to the next intersection and make your turn then.
If you are not in the correct lane to turn, keep going and make your turn at the next intersection. The handbook's turn steps say to stay in the proper turn lane at all times and to begin the turn only from that lane. If you are already past the point where you could get into the right lane, the safe and legal move is to continue driving and turn at the next intersection instead. Cutting across lanes or turning from the wrong lane means you are not set up correctly before the turn, which is exactly what those steps warn against.
10. When approaching a T intersection, drivers:
- Should yield the right-of-way to cross traffic. ✓
- Have the right-of-way.
- Should force their way into traffic.
- Should back up and turn around.
Answer: A. Should yield the right-of-way to cross traffic.
Drivers approaching a T intersection should yield the right-of-way to cross traffic. The handbook's T-intersection rule covers a street that ends at a through street. In that situation, the driver on the ending street must stop and let vehicles on the through street go first. Cross traffic at a T intersection is the traffic on that through street, so yielding to it matches the rule. The other choices describe taking the right-of-way, pushing into traffic, or turning around, none of which the handbook gives as the rule for this intersection.
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source
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