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Nebraska 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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12 sample Right-of-Way questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. At a Nebraska four-way stop, what is the customary practice when drivers arrive one after another?
Correct answer: Whoever stops first goes first
Common courtesy described in the manual gives the first driver to stop the first turn to go, and where there is any doubt you give way to the driver at your right.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B Right-of-Way
2. Which way does traffic flow inside a Nebraska roundabout?
Correct answer: Counter-clockwise around the center island
The manual describes the flow as one-way, running counter-clockwise around the island in the middle.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-5 Rules for Driving Roundabouts
3. A police officer is directing traffic at a Nebraska intersection where the signal shows green. What do you do?
Correct answer: Follow the officer's directions
The manual is clear that the officer's directions govern, and signals are to be obeyed only when no officer is directing traffic.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B Right-of-Way
4. How closely may a Nebraska driver follow fire apparatus that is responding to an emergency?
Correct answer: No closer than 500 feet
The manual sets 500 feet as the closest you may follow, and it also forbids parking within the block where the apparatus has stopped.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-9 Right-of-Way to Emergency Vehicles
5. An emergency vehicle approaches while you are already inside a Nebraska roundabout. What should you do?
Correct answer: Continue to your exit, then pull over once past the splitter island
The manual says to keep going to your exit and only then, once you are past the splitter island, pull aside to let the emergency vehicle by.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-5 Rules for Driving Roundabouts
6. Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled Nebraska intersection at about the same moment. Who yields?
Correct answer: The driver who has a vehicle approaching from the right
Where no sign or signal governs, the manual tells you to watch for a vehicle coming from your right and let it go first.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B Right-of-Way
7. An emergency vehicle behind you has its siren and lights on. What does Nebraska require?
Correct answer: Pull to the right edge, stop clear of intersections, and wait until it passes
The manual directs you to yield, pull over parallel and as near the right curb or edge as you can, stop clear of any intersection, and stay there until it has gone by.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-9 Right-of-Way to Emergency Vehicles
8. You are on a divided Nebraska highway and an emergency vehicle approaches in the opposite lanes. What is required?
Correct answer: Traffic going the other way is not required to stop
Where a median divides the roadway, the manual says traffic headed the other way does not have to stop.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-9 Right-of-Way to Emergency Vehicles
9. As you approach a Nebraska roundabout, which traffic must you give way to?
Correct answer: Vehicles already circling that reach you from your left
The manual tells you to yield to circulating vehicles that are coming toward you from the left, and to give way to people walking or cycling in the crosswalk.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-5 Rules for Driving Roundabouts
10. You are unsure who should go at a Nebraska four-way stop. What does the manual advise?
Correct answer: Yield to the driver on your right
The manual says to yield to the driver on your right and warns you never to insist on the right-of-way at the risk of a crash.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B Right-of-Way
11. You are pulling out of an alley or a parking lot onto a Nebraska street. What must you do first?
Correct answer: Stop before crossing the sidewalk, then edge out slowly and yield
The manual requires a stop before you cross the sidewalk area, then a slow advance while giving way to walkers and to traffic already on the road.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B Right-of-Way
12. What does Nebraska tell drivers about pedestrians who are inside a crosswalk?
Correct answer: Yield to all of them, slowing and being ready to stop
The manual requires you to give way to every pedestrian in a crosswalk, slowing and preparing to stop, and to leave a cushion of at least three feet.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 4B-10 Right-of-Way to Pedestrians
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