New York practice test, right of way
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Articles 26, 28, and 29 in one set: yielding at intersections and on left turns, the stop and yield duties entering a roadway, turn signals at least 100 feet out, and U-turns barred where you can't be seen within 500 feet. The school bus rule closes it, statewide with no divided-highway exception, and with exactly two endings to the stop: the bus moves, or the bus driver or a police officer signals you on. A third ending you may have read elsewhere is not in the section.
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You stopped at a four way stop. Another car stopped before you on your right. Who goes first?
✓ Correct answer: The car that stopped first, the one on your right
First stopped, first to go settles most four way stops. Position breaks the tie when the stops are simultaneous. (VTL sections 1140 and 1142.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1140 and 1142, checked 2026-11-03
After a right turn, which lane should you finish in?
✓ Correct answer: The rightmost lawful lane of the road you enter
Turn in tight, finish in tight. Widening the arc into far lanes is what puts turning cars into through traffic. (VTL section 1160.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1160, checked 2026-11-03
Using hand signals, how do you show a right turn?
✓ Correct answer: Left arm bent upward at the elbow
The driver signals with the left arm because it is the one at the window. Up at the elbow is the right turn. (VTL sections 1164 and 1165(2).)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law sections 1164 and 1165(2), checked 2026-11-03
A school bus is loading children with red lights flashing. You approach slowly at walking pace and pass it carefully. Is that lawful?
✓ Correct answer: No. Passing a loading bus with its reds flashing is an offence at any speed
There is no careful version of passing a loading school bus. Slow passing is still passing. (VTL section 1174.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1174, checked 2026-11-03
You are first in line at a railroad crossing and the train has passed, but the gates are still down and lights still flashing. What do you do?
✓ Correct answer: Stay stopped until the gates rise and the lights stop
A second train on another track is the reason the signals outlast the first one. The devices, not your count of trains, release you. (VTL section 1170.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1170, checked 2026-11-03
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- 20, and 4 are about road signs
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Facts checked against New York DMV pages, 2026-11-03. Official information: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, dmv.ny.gov.
Corrections note
No corrections yet. Last checked 2026-11-03, against the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law, 15 NYCRR Part 131, and DMV published facts.