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Alabama Car / Permit: Right-of-Way practice test
Who goes first at intersections, four-way stops, roundabouts, and crosswalks, and how to yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. While making a turn at an intersection, who has the right of way over your vehicle?
Correct answer: Pedestrians crossing where you are turning
The manual states that pedestrians have the right of way over the motor vehicle when you are turning.
2. As you approach a roundabout, you must yield to:
Correct answer: Traffic already traveling within the roundabout
Before entering, you yield to traffic already circulating in the roundabout on your left.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 5, Driving a Roundabout
3. A driver merging onto a freeway from an entrance ramp must:
Correct answer: Yield to through traffic if drivers do not make room
Freeway drivers should make room, but entering drivers must yield to freeway traffic if room is not given.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 8, Entering the Freeway
4. You see a pedestrian using a white cane tipped with red at a crossing. You must:
Correct answer: Stop and give the right of way to that pedestrian
The law requires you to stop and yield to a blind pedestrian carrying a white cane tipped with red or using a guide dog.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Right of Way and Yielding
5. At a four-way stop, which vehicle is entitled to move first?
Correct answer: The vehicle that stopped first
The first vehicle to come to a full stop is the first allowed to proceed from a four-way stop.
6. Two cars reach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at about the same moment. Who must yield?
Correct answer: The driver on the left gives way to the driver on the right
At an uncontrolled intersection where two vehicles arrive together, the driver on the left yields to the one on the right.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Right of Way and Yielding
7. Before entering a roundabout, in addition to circulating vehicles you must also yield to:
Correct answer: Pedestrians and bicyclists
Drivers approaching a roundabout must yield to pedestrians and bicyclists before entering.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 5, Steps for Driving a Roundabout
8. If you drive into an intersection with no signs or signals faster than the law allows, you:
Correct answer: Give up any right of way you might have had
Entering an uncontrolled intersection too fast forfeits any right of way you might otherwise have had.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Right of Way and Yielding
9. If two vehicles reach a four-way stop at exactly the same time, who goes first?
Correct answer: The vehicle farthest to the right
When vehicles arrive together at a four-way stop, the one farthest to the right proceeds first.
10. When a yield sign faces you at an intersection, you should:
Correct answer: Slow down and stop if needed to let others pass
At a yield sign, slow down and, if necessary, stop to let crossing vehicles and pedestrians go first.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Right of Way and Yielding
11. When an emergency vehicle approaches with flashing lights and a siren, you should:
Correct answer: Pull to the side of the road and come to a stop
Whether it is coming toward you or from behind, pull to the side of the road and stop; if in an intersection, clear it first.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Right of Way and Yielding
12. When you are turning left at an intersection, you must yield to:
Correct answer: Approaching traffic that is close enough to be a hazard
A left-turning driver must yield to oncoming vehicles that are within the intersection or close enough to be an immediate hazard.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Right of Way and Yielding
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