Alaska permit test: signaling, turns and right-of-way
Signaling, left and right turns, three-point turns, intersections, roundabouts, yielding, required stops and emergency vehicles. 22 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.
Rules to remember10 key signaling, turns and right-of-way rulesShow the rules
- A turn signal, by hand or light, must be given continuously during the last 100 feet before turning. (p. 35)
- Alaska law requires you to cancel your signal after using it. (p. 35)
- When turning left, yield to all oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians, then turn into the proper lane without cutting the corner. (p. 36)
- Traffic travels counterclockwise around the center island, and you enter to the right of it. (p. 39)
- Approaching traffic must yield to traffic already in the circle. (p. 39)
- If you miss your exit, you may exit at any street or continue around. (p. 39)
- When entering a street from an alley, driveway or building, stop and yield to traffic. (p. 40)
- When the light turns green, you must still yield to pedestrians and vehicles caught in the intersection. (p. 40)
- Stop behind the crosswalk, at the painted stop line, or behind the cross road's shoulder line, then yield to pedestrians, bicyclists and traffic. (p. 41)
- Do not turn around near a curve or hill unless you can see at least 500 feet in each direction. (p. 79)
Taken from the explanations to checked practice questions; page numbers link to the official handbook.
Sample signaling, turns and right-of-way questions
1.You and a bicyclist reach an uncontrolled intersection. Who has the right-of-way?
- AWhichever one is on the other's right
- BThe bicyclist, as a non-motorized user
- CWhichever one reaches the corner first
- DThe car, because motor vehicles go first
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✓ B. The bicyclist, as a non-motorized user
A non-motorized user, such as a pedestrian or bicyclist, has the right-of-way over motor vehicles through uncontrolled intersections.
2.Turning left from a two-way street onto a one-way street, where should you turn?
- ABefore reaching the crosswalk
- BSharply into the first lane
- CInto the farthest lane
- DInto any open lane
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✓ B. Sharply into the first lane
Don't turn before reaching the crosswalk; then turn sharply into the first lane.
3.The traffic signals at an intersection are out of order. What should you do?
- AStop, then go when safe, as at an uncontrolled intersection
- BHonk to warn others, then drive through without stopping
- CFollow the car ahead of you through the intersection
- DDrive through carefully without stopping
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✓ A. Stop, then go when safe, as at an uncontrolled intersection
When signals are not working, treat the intersection as uncontrolled and stop before going on.
4.You are making a left turn from a two-way street. Whom must you yield to?
- AOnly oncoming vehicles that are turning right
- BAll oncoming vehicles and pedestrians
- CNo one, as long as your signal is on
- DOnly pedestrians in the crosswalk ahead
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✓ B. All oncoming vehicles and pedestrians
When turning left, yield to all oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians, then turn into the proper lane without cutting the corner.