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New Mexico Motorcycle: 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. You are approaching a traffic circle. Who must yield?
Correct answer: You must yield to the drivers already going around the circle
Traffic already circulating has priority, and drivers pass to the right of the island.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
2. A pedestrian steps into the road against the signal. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield anyway, even though the pedestrian is breaking the rules
Drivers must always give way to people on foot, whether or not the pedestrian is obeying the traffic controls.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
3. You are pulling out of a parking lot and your path crosses a sidewalk. Who has priority?
Correct answer: Pedestrians on the sidewalk
Anyone crossing a sidewalk to enter or leave a driveway, alley or parking lot must yield to the people walking there.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
4. Two drivers arrive at a four-way stop at exactly the same time. Who proceeds first?
Correct answer: The vehicle on the right
Ordinarily the first to arrive goes first, and when arrivals are simultaneous the vehicle to the right has the turn.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
5. An ambulance approaches with its siren and lights on while you are in the middle of an intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Continue through the intersection, then pull over to the right
Clear the intersection first, then pull as near to the right edge of the road as you can and follow any instruction given over the loudspeaker.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
6. You are waiting to turn left and a vehicle is coming straight toward you. Who goes first?
Correct answer: The oncoming vehicle going straight through
A driver turning left must let oncoming traffic that is continuing straight ahead pass first.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
7. Traffic is backed up on the far side of an intersection. May you enter on a green light?
Correct answer: No — do not enter unless you can clear it without having to stop
Wait until the road beyond clears, so you do not end up stranded in the intersection blocking cross traffic.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
8. Two vehicles reach an intersection that has no signs or signals at the same moment. Who yields?
Correct answer: The driver on the left must yield to the vehicle coming from the right
At an uncontrolled intersection, drivers give way to traffic approaching from their right.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
9. A pedestrian carrying a white cane or working with a guide dog is crossing ahead. What does the White Cane Law require?
Correct answer: Taking every precaution needed to avoid injuring that pedestrian
Drivers approaching a person who is blind or visually impaired must take every necessary precaution, and are liable for injuries caused by failing to do so.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
10. What causes most crashes between motorcycles and cars?
Correct answer: Drivers moving into a rider's right-of-way, often turning left across the rider's path
More than half of these crashes begin with a driver taking the rider's right-of-way, and cars turning left across the rider's path or pulling out of side streets are the worst offenders.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Intersections
11. You are leaving a private driveway and joining a street. What is your obligation?
Correct answer: You must yield to the vehicles already using the street
A driver joining a road from a driveway, an alley or the roadside gives way to traffic already using it.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
12. What does New Mexico law actually do about right-of-way?
Correct answer: It says who must yield rather than granting anyone the right to go first
The rules assign the duty to yield; no driver is handed a right to proceed, and everyone must still act to avoid a collision.
Source: New Mexico Driver Manual — Right-of-Way
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