DEFENSIVE DRIVING LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Near Intersections, you should: - ✔✔Slow down, Keep your eyes open for any
potential trouble, Avoid changing lanes. If a traffic signal is inoperative, it should be
treated as a four-way stop sign.
✔✔When making a left turn you should: - ✔✔Give the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching that are close enough to be dangerous which is 200 feet (distance
between telephone poles is 100 feet)
✔✔When making a right turn, you should: - ✔✔Check for pedestrians crossing the
street and bicyclists coming up behind you on the right-hand side or in a bicycle lane.
✔✔When there are stop signs at all 4 corners: - ✔✔Stop first and then follow the rules
listed above.
✔✔At uncontrolled intersections w/out "STOP" or "YIELD" signs, you should: - ✔✔Slow
down and be ready to stop.
Yield to traffic and pedestrians already in the intersection or just entering the
intersection.
Yield to traffic and pedestrians on the through road when approaching a "T"
intersection; they have the right-of-way.
✔✔When turning on divided highways or highways with several lanes, you should: -
✔✔Watch for oncoming vehicles in any lane you cross. Turn either left or right only
when it's safe
✔✔A roadway "Roundabout" is: - ✔✔A circular intersection that moves traffic
counterclockwise around a central island without the aid of traffic signals. The design of
a roundabout also reduces the need for direct left turns, which are a major reason for
intersection crashes.
✔✔When entering a Roundabout, you must: - ✔✔You must yield to the traffic already in
the roundabout, as well as to pedestrians and bicyclists. Pay attention to signs and
pavement markings. Enter the roundabout when it's safe to do so, and travel around to
the left (counter-clockwise). Use your turn signals when changing lanes and exiting the
roundabout. If you miss your exit, don't panic! Just keep going around until your exit
comes up again.
✔✔Unprotected Turns: 1 way or 2 way streets - ✔✔To make a left turn from a two-way
street onto another two-way street, you should always start from the left turn lane, and
your turn can be made into either lane as shown. A right-hand turn should always be
made from the farthest right-hand lane, being careful to watch out for bicycles and
pedestrians.
, A left turn from a one-way street into a one-way street. Turns must be started from the
left-hand portion of the road. Watch for the bicycles between your vehicle and the curb
because they can legally use the left-turn lane for their left turns too.
✔✔Turns: 1-way street into a 1-way street, T-Intersections, 1-way into 2-way street -
✔✔A right turn from a one-way street into a one-way street is also shown. After starting
your turn in the far-right lane, you can use any lane open to traffic, if it's safe to do so.
Sometimes signs or pavement markings will let you turn right from a lane next to the far-
right lane. Always read the signs that tell you what turns are permitted for that
intersection.
T-intersection from a one-way street into a two-way street. Through traffic has the right-
of-way. You can turn either right or left from the center lane.
✔✔Center Turning Lane - ✔✔If a street has a left turn center lane, you must use it when
you turn left.
The two-way left turn lane may not be used to pass another vehicle.
Driving in the two-way left turn lane for more than 200 feet is prohibited.
You may use the two-way left turn lane to make a U-turn if permitted and safe. Watch
for drivers entering the center turn lane from the other direction.
✔✔To turn left from the street: - ✔✔Drive completely inside the center left turn lane.
Don't stop part way into the lane with the rear of your vehicle blocking traffic. Turn only
when it's safe. Look for vehicles coming head-on towards you in the same lane as they
start to make their left turns.
✔✔Turning left from a side street or driveway: - ✔✔Wait until it's safe, and then drive
into the center left turn lane. Signal before moving into regular traffic. Enter traffic only
when it's safe. You may drive across a center left turn lane.
✔✔Red sign - ✔✔Stop or prohibited
✔✔Green sign - ✔✔Movement permitted/direction guidance
✔✔Yellow sign - ✔✔General Warning
✔✔Blue sign - ✔✔Travelers services, Hospitals, Evacuation Routes
✔✔Black sign - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔White sign - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔Orange sign - ✔✔Construction/maintenance warning
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Near Intersections, you should: - ✔✔Slow down, Keep your eyes open for any
potential trouble, Avoid changing lanes. If a traffic signal is inoperative, it should be
treated as a four-way stop sign.
✔✔When making a left turn you should: - ✔✔Give the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching that are close enough to be dangerous which is 200 feet (distance
between telephone poles is 100 feet)
✔✔When making a right turn, you should: - ✔✔Check for pedestrians crossing the
street and bicyclists coming up behind you on the right-hand side or in a bicycle lane.
✔✔When there are stop signs at all 4 corners: - ✔✔Stop first and then follow the rules
listed above.
✔✔At uncontrolled intersections w/out "STOP" or "YIELD" signs, you should: - ✔✔Slow
down and be ready to stop.
Yield to traffic and pedestrians already in the intersection or just entering the
intersection.
Yield to traffic and pedestrians on the through road when approaching a "T"
intersection; they have the right-of-way.
✔✔When turning on divided highways or highways with several lanes, you should: -
✔✔Watch for oncoming vehicles in any lane you cross. Turn either left or right only
when it's safe
✔✔A roadway "Roundabout" is: - ✔✔A circular intersection that moves traffic
counterclockwise around a central island without the aid of traffic signals. The design of
a roundabout also reduces the need for direct left turns, which are a major reason for
intersection crashes.
✔✔When entering a Roundabout, you must: - ✔✔You must yield to the traffic already in
the roundabout, as well as to pedestrians and bicyclists. Pay attention to signs and
pavement markings. Enter the roundabout when it's safe to do so, and travel around to
the left (counter-clockwise). Use your turn signals when changing lanes and exiting the
roundabout. If you miss your exit, don't panic! Just keep going around until your exit
comes up again.
✔✔Unprotected Turns: 1 way or 2 way streets - ✔✔To make a left turn from a two-way
street onto another two-way street, you should always start from the left turn lane, and
your turn can be made into either lane as shown. A right-hand turn should always be
made from the farthest right-hand lane, being careful to watch out for bicycles and
pedestrians.
, A left turn from a one-way street into a one-way street. Turns must be started from the
left-hand portion of the road. Watch for the bicycles between your vehicle and the curb
because they can legally use the left-turn lane for their left turns too.
✔✔Turns: 1-way street into a 1-way street, T-Intersections, 1-way into 2-way street -
✔✔A right turn from a one-way street into a one-way street is also shown. After starting
your turn in the far-right lane, you can use any lane open to traffic, if it's safe to do so.
Sometimes signs or pavement markings will let you turn right from a lane next to the far-
right lane. Always read the signs that tell you what turns are permitted for that
intersection.
T-intersection from a one-way street into a two-way street. Through traffic has the right-
of-way. You can turn either right or left from the center lane.
✔✔Center Turning Lane - ✔✔If a street has a left turn center lane, you must use it when
you turn left.
The two-way left turn lane may not be used to pass another vehicle.
Driving in the two-way left turn lane for more than 200 feet is prohibited.
You may use the two-way left turn lane to make a U-turn if permitted and safe. Watch
for drivers entering the center turn lane from the other direction.
✔✔To turn left from the street: - ✔✔Drive completely inside the center left turn lane.
Don't stop part way into the lane with the rear of your vehicle blocking traffic. Turn only
when it's safe. Look for vehicles coming head-on towards you in the same lane as they
start to make their left turns.
✔✔Turning left from a side street or driveway: - ✔✔Wait until it's safe, and then drive
into the center left turn lane. Signal before moving into regular traffic. Enter traffic only
when it's safe. You may drive across a center left turn lane.
✔✔Red sign - ✔✔Stop or prohibited
✔✔Green sign - ✔✔Movement permitted/direction guidance
✔✔Yellow sign - ✔✔General Warning
✔✔Blue sign - ✔✔Travelers services, Hospitals, Evacuation Routes
✔✔Black sign - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔White sign - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔Orange sign - ✔✔Construction/maintenance warning
