New York Permit Test (DMV Written Test) — All Questions

At an intersection with no signs or signals, who generally has the right of way?

• a.The larger vehicle
• b.The vehicle on the left
• c.The vehicle that reaches the intersection first, or the one on the right if you arrive together✓
• d.Whoever accelerates first

At an uncontrolled intersection you yield to a vehicle that arrived first; if two arrive at about the same time, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.

When you enter a roundabout in New York, you must:

• a.Yield to traffic already in the circle and enter to the right (counterclockwise)✓
• b.Stop fully before entering even if the circle is empty
• c.Yield to vehicles waiting to enter behind you
• d.Enter to the left, moving clockwise

Traffic in a roundabout flows counterclockwise; entering drivers yield to vehicles already circulating and merge when there is a safe gap.

You want to make a right turn on a red light in New York. You may do so only if:

• a.You are anywhere in New York City
• b.It is night and traffic is light
• c.You never need to stop first
• d.You come to a full stop, no sign prohibits it, and it is not banned by local law such as in New York City✓

Right turn on red is allowed after a complete stop and yielding, unless a sign prohibits it; in New York City right turn on red is banned unless a sign specifically permits it.

A pedestrian is crossing in a marked crosswalk ahead of you. You must:

• a.Sound your horn so they hurry
• b.Stop and yield the right of way to the pedestrian✓
• c.Continue if you can pass in front of them
• d.Proceed because vehicles always have priority

Drivers must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk; stop and let them finish crossing safely before you proceed.

You are stopped for a school bus with its red lights flashing on a two-way street. You must:

• a.Pass slowly on the left
• b.Proceed if no children are visible
• c.Remain stopped until the red lights stop flashing, in both directions✓
• d.Pass on the right shoulder

In New York you must stop for a stopped school bus flashing red lights whether you are behind it or meeting it, on divided highways too, until the lights stop flashing.