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West Virginia 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 riding out of a private driveway onto a public street. Who has the right of way?
Correct answer: Traffic already on the roadway
Coming out of an alley, a private road or a driveway onto a public street means giving way to whatever is already traveling on it.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
2. What does a yield sign ask of a West Virginia rider?
Correct answer: Slow down and give way to vehicles in the intersection and to approaching traffic
Slow down on the approach, then give way both to any vehicle already in the intersection and to traffic coming toward it.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
3. You have a stop sign at an intersection where buildings block your view. How does the manual describe the stop?
Correct answer: Stop at the line, then edge forward and stop again short of the cross lane before looking
Stop at the sign or line first, then creep ahead and halt a second time just before the cross lane, leaning forward to look past whatever blocks the view while the front wheel stays clear.
Source: West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Blind Intersections
4. What causes over half of the crashes between a motorcycle and a car?
Correct answer: Drivers violating the rider's right-of-way
Drivers taking a rider's right-of-way account for more than half of these crashes, most often by turning left across the rider's path or pulling out from a side street.
Source: West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Intersections
5. Two vehicles reach a four-way stop at the same moment. Who goes first?
Correct answer: The driver on the right
At an uncontrolled junction or a four-way stop, arriving together means yielding to the driver on your right.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
6. You are approaching an intersection where a driver is getting ready to cross in front of you. What does the manual tell you to do with the controls?
Correct answer: Cover the clutch lever and both brakes
Slow, choose a lane position that makes you easier to see, and cover the clutch lever and both brakes so your reaction time is as short as possible.
Source: West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Intersections
7. Does West Virginia law require you to yield to a funeral procession?
Correct answer: No — it is a courtesy, though the procession has the right of way once the lead vehicle clears the intersection
The handbook frames this as courtesy rather than a legal duty, yet once the leading car is through an intersection the vehicles behind it hold the right of way.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
8. You are approaching a blind intersection. Where in the lane should you ride?
Correct answer: Whichever portion puts you in the other driver's view soonest
Take the part of the lane that carries you into the cross-street driver's field of vision at the earliest possible moment, while still protecting your own space.
Source: West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Blind Intersections
9. A pedestrian carrying a white cane is crossing away from any marked crosswalk. What is your duty?
Correct answer: Yield — the right of way applies with or without a crosswalk
Someone on foot with a white cane, a walking stick or a guide dog holds the right of way on the road whether or not a crosswalk is involved.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter V, Crosswalk Signals
10. Which driver movement does the manual call the biggest danger to a rider at an intersection?
Correct answer: A car turning left across your path
Cars turning left in front of you — including one turning left out of the lane to your right — together with cars pulling into your lane from a side street, top the list.
Source: West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Intersections
11. A driver is waiting at a cross street and could pull into your path. What should you assume?
Correct answer: That the driver will pull out
Treat it as certain: if a car is able to enter your path, ride on the basis that it will, and keep a cushion and an escape route ready.
Source: West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Intersections
12. An officer waves you through a junction while the signal is showing red. What do you do?
Correct answer: Follow the officer's directions
Directions given by a police officer override whatever a sign, a signal or a road marking says.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Right-of-Way
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