Two adjacent lanes may turn left together. What should you do throughout the turn?
Correct answer: Follow your lane’s path and finish without drifting into the adjacent turning vehicle’s lane.
The handbook requires staying in your lane during a multiple-lane turn. Plan any later lane change separately and make it only when safe.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 53: Multiple Turn Lanes and Lane Options ↗
On a one-way street, you are preparing to turn left and no markings authorize additional turning lanes. Which starting lane follows the handbook’s rule?
Correct answer: The lane nearest the left curb.
The general one-way rule is to turn from the lane nearest the appropriate curb. Special signs or pavement directions may permit additional turn lanes.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 54: One-way Streets ↗
At a four-way stop, another vehicle stopped before you and its path is clear. Who should ordinarily go first?
Correct answer: The vehicle that arrived and stopped first.
Arrival order establishes the ordinary sequence at a four-way stop. Do not race to stop or force your way into the intersection.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Four-way stop, first arrival ↗
You and a driver on your right reach a four-way stop at the same time. Your paths conflict. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the driver on your right.
For simultaneous arrivals, the handbook gives priority to the vehicle on the right. Still check that every movement can be made safely.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Four-way stop, simultaneous arrival ↗
You stop at a two-way-stop intersection while vehicles approach on the road without stop signs. Does arriving first let you cross ahead of them?
Correct answer: No; yield to the through traffic and wait for a safe opening.
The through road’s traffic has priority over vehicles waiting at the stop signs. First arrival among stopped vehicles does not override that priority.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Two-way stop ↗
You are leaving a driveway with no stop sign. What does Mississippi’s handbook direct you to do before entering the street?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to approaching traffic.
An unsigned driveway is still an entry into an existing traffic stream. The absence of a stop sign does not give the entering driver priority.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 57: Driveways and Unmarked Entrances ↗
A car is already circulating through the part of a roundabout you want to enter. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow and yield, then enter counterclockwise when there is a safe opening.
Entering traffic yields to circulating traffic. Travel counterclockwise, select the proper exit and signal the exit intention.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 57: Roundabouts ↗
A pedestrian is crossing within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Does the lack of painted lines remove your duty to yield?
Correct answer: No; yield to the pedestrian in the crosswalk.
The handbook covers both marked and unmarked crosswalks. Watch for people before turning or proceeding through the crossing.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Yielding Right-of-Way to Pedestrians ↗
You see a pedestrian carrying a white cane near a crossing. What is appropriate?
Correct answer: Take extra precautions and stop when needed to let the person cross safely.
The cane may identify a visual impairment. Do not rely on eye contact or assume the pedestrian knows your vehicle’s position.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Pedestrians with visual impairments ↗
A ball rolls from between parked cars into your lane. What should you anticipate?
Correct answer: A child may follow it; slow and prepare to stop.
Children may act impulsively, and parked cars can hide them. Reduce speed before the child becomes visible.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 22: While You Drive, children and parked cars ↗
On a two-lane road, an approaching school bus stops with red lights flashing and its stop arm extended. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop at least 10 feet away, even though you are traveling in the opposite direction.
The ordinary rule applies in both directions. Children may enter the road unexpectedly, so the lack of a visible child is not permission to pass.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Yielding Right-of-Way to School Buses ↗
You are traveling in the same direction as a stopped school bus on a divided four-lane highway. Its red lights are flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop as required; the opposing-direction exception does not cover you.
Traffic traveling with the bus must stop. Do not apply an exception for the opposite side to a vehicle behind or beside the bus in the same direction.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: School buses, four-or-more-lane same-direction traffic ↗
You are traveling on the opposite roadway of a divided highway with at least two lanes in each direction. A school bus stops on the other roadway with red lights flashing. What does the handbook’s exception permit?
Correct answer: Continue on your side without the otherwise required school-bus stop, while staying alert.
The handbook provides an opposing-direction exception for the described divided multilane highway. It does not remove the duty to drive cautiously or apply to same-direction traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: School buses, opposite direction on divided four-or-more-lane highway ↗
You have stopped for a school bus. A child has cleared your lane, but the bus’s red lights still flash and the stop arm remains extended. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until the children are clear and the bus’s required release conditions are met.
A child clearing one lane does not authorize passing while the bus’s red lights flash and its stop arm remains extended. Keep watching for other children.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: School buses, remain stopped ↗
You leave a parked automatic-transmission car. Which combination follows the handbook?
Correct answer: Select Park, set the parking brake firmly and turn off the ignition.
Secure the vehicle before leaving it. A transmission setting and the parking brake work together.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 60: Parking, securing the vehicle ↗
The only open curb space is directly in front of a private driveway. May you park there and leave the car while visiting a store?
Correct answer: No; do not block the driveway.
The handbook prohibits leaving a vehicle parked in front of a public or private driveway. Flashers do not legalize the obstruction.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 60: Prohibited Parking, driveways ↗
After parallel parking, how close should your tires be to the curb under the handbook’s guidance?
Correct answer: Within 12 inches.
The manual specifies within 12 inches of the curb. Leave room for nearby parked vehicles to move and keep the travel lane clear.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 61: Parallel Parking, curb distance ↗
You intend to pull from a parallel parking space into the traffic lane. What should you do?
Correct answer: Check traffic and over your shoulder, signal and yield until it is safe to enter.
The driver leaving a parking space does not have the right-of-way. A signal announces an intention; it does not create a safe gap.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 61: Exiting a Parallel Parking Space ↗
You are backing from a parking space. Which observation method does the manual require?
Correct answer: Look back over your shoulder and maintain a proper lookout; do not rely on the rearview mirror alone.
Mirrors alone may miss a person or vehicle behind you. Wait for a clear area and keep observing throughout the maneuver.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 61: Leaving diagonal or straight-in parking; backing ↗
You park on the right side of a street facing uphill, with a curb. Which direction should the front wheels point?
Correct answer: Left, away from the curb.
With an uphill curb, wheels turned away help the curb arrest a backward roll. Also secure the transmission and parking brake.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 62: Parking on a Hill, uphill with curb ↗
