On an undivided road, a school bus ahead has stopped with its STOP signal extended and red lights flashing. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop before reaching the bus.
Stop before the school bus when its stop signal and alternating flashing lights are displayed.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-857, A. ↗
You stopped for a school bus. Which event allows you to proceed, once the way is safe?
Correct answer: The bus moves, or its stop signal and flashing lights are no longer displayed.
Remain stopped until the bus resumes motion or both its signal and alternating flashing lights are no longer displayed.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-857, A(2). ↗
A stopped school bus faces you across a two-way left-turn lane. Its STOP signal and red lights are active. Must you stop?
Correct answer: Yes; that center lane does not create separate roadways.
Arizona expressly says that a two-way left-turn lane does not divide the highway into separate roadways for this rule.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-857, E-F. ↗
A school bus stops on the opposite roadway of a highway physically divided into separate roadways. What does the bus-stop rule require of you?
Correct answer: You need not stop for that bus on the other roadway.
The separate-roadway exception applies to a bus on a different roadway. Remain alert to hazards and other traffic controls.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-857, E(1). ↗
At an unsignalized crosswalk, a pedestrian is crossing your half of the roadway. What must you do?
Correct answer: Yield, slowing or stopping as needed.
Yield to a pedestrian on your half of the road, or approaching closely enough from the other half to be endangered.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-792, A. ↗
A vehicle has stopped at an unmarked intersection crosswalk to let someone cross. May you pass it from behind?
Correct answer: No; do not overtake the stopped vehicle.
The no-passing rule protects pedestrians at marked crosswalks and unmarked crosswalks at intersections.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-792, B. ↗
A cyclist moves away from the right edge to avoid broken pavement. How should you understand that move?
Correct answer: It can be a lawful response to a surface hazard.
Cyclists may move away from the edge when reasonably necessary to avoid hazards, including unsafe surface conditions.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-815, A(3). ↗
The lane is too narrow for a car and bicycle to travel safely side by side. Must the cyclist hug the right curb?
Correct answer: No; the narrow-lane exception allows a position farther left.
A cyclist need not keep close to the right edge when the lane is too narrow for safe side-by-side travel.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-815, A(4). ↗
You want to park an ordinary car in a designated bicycle lane for a non-emergency stop. Is that allowed?
Correct answer: No; ordinary parking is prohibited there.
The bicycle-lane rule prohibits ordinary vehicle operation, stopping and parking, with specified exceptions such as emergencies and access crossings.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-815, D. ↗
A bicycle lane lies between your lane and a driveway you need to enter. What use of it is permitted?
Correct answer: Crossing it to reach the driveway when safe.
Crossing the bicycle lane for access to a public or private road or driveway is a stated exception to the general restriction.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-815, D. ↗
Heavy rain makes the posted speed unsafe. What should guide your speed?
Correct answer: A slower speed that is safe for the actual conditions.
The reasonable-and-prudent rule requires adjustment for weather and hazards; the posted maximum is not a target in unsafe conditions.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-701, A, D(5). ↗
A sharp curve makes the normal road speed unsafe. What should you do on approach?
Correct answer: Reduce speed for the curve and its hazards.
Arizona's speed rule specifically requires an appropriate reduction when approaching and going around a curve.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-701, D(2). ↗
What should you consider when choosing how far to follow another vehicle?
Correct answer: Speed, traffic and the road's condition.
Following distance must be reasonable and prudent for speed, surrounding traffic and highway conditions.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-730, A. ↗
In a residential district with no altered speed limit and no hazard requiring less, which speed is the state's general benchmark?
Correct answer: 25 mph.
The general statutory benchmark for a business or residential district is 25 mph. Authorized signs and unsafe conditions can require a different limit or lower speed.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-701, B(2), C-D. ↗
A business district has an authorized 20 mph sign. May you use the general 25 mph benchmark instead?
Correct answer: No; follow the posted limit and slow more if conditions require.
Authorized speed limits may alter the general statutory values; actual hazards can require an even lower safe speed.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-701, C-D. ↗
What is Arizona's general speed benchmark when approaching a school crossing, absent an authorized alteration or conditions requiring less?
Correct answer: 15 mph.
The statute specifies 15 mph approaching a school crossing. Obey applicable signs and reduce further if safety requires.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-701, B(1), C-D. ↗
