You are waiting to turn left at an intersection. An oncoming car is close enough that turning would create a hazard. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait for the oncoming car to pass.
A left-turning driver must yield to oncoming traffic in the intersection or close enough to be an immediate hazard. A turn signal does not give you priority.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 3. ↗
You and a car on your right enter an uncontrolled intersection from crossing roads at about the same time. Who must yield?
Correct answer: You must yield to the car on your right.
At an uncontrolled intersection, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right when they enter at approximately the same time. Opposing left-turn situations follow a different rule.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 2. ↗
A vehicle from a crossing road is already inside an intersection with no signs or signals. As you approach, what is required?
Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle already in the intersection.
At an uncontrolled intersection, an approaching driver yields to a vehicle that has already entered from another road. Do not force an existing crossing movement to stop.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 1. ↗
A stop sign has a clearly marked stop line before the crosswalk. Where should you make your required stop?
Correct answer: At the stop line, without crossing it.
Use the marked stop line. Stopping past it can put your vehicle in the path of pedestrians or crossing traffic.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 4(2)(a). ↗
At a stop-controlled intersection with no stop line and no crosswalk, where do you stop?
Correct answer: Before entering, where you can see approaching cross traffic.
With neither a stop line nor a crosswalk, stop at the point nearest the intersecting road where you can see approaching traffic, before entering the intersection.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 4(2)(a). ↗
You approach a yield sign and see cross traffic too close for you to enter safely. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow down and stop as needed to let it pass.
A yield sign requires an appropriate reduction in speed and a stop when safety requires it. Yield to traffic in the intersection or close enough to be a hazard.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 4(2)(b). ↗
You are leaving a driveway while a car approaches on the road you want to enter. It would have to brake for you. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until you can enter without creating that conflict.
When entering a highway from a driveway or private road, yield to approaching traffic. Do not force the approaching driver to brake for your entry.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 5. ↗
An oncoming motorcycle is close as you prepare to turn left into a driveway. Which action is correct?
Correct answer: Wait until the motorcycle passes and the turn is safe.
Left turns into driveways also require yielding to oncoming traffic when the turn would create a hazard. Motorcycles are entitled to that protection.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.351, subsection 6. ↗
An intersection has signs and lane markings directing your turning path. What should determine the path you follow?
Correct answer: Follow the route required by the traffic-control devices.
Official traffic-control devices may require a particular turning course. Follow those directions rather than substituting a general turning rule.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.341, subsection 1(3). ↗
There are no special turn markings. How should you normally approach and make a right turn?
Correct answer: Stay as close as practicable to the right roadway edge.
Missouri requires the right-turn approach and turn to be as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or roadway edge. Watch for pedestrians and other road users as you turn.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.341, subsection 1(1). ↗
Without special lane directions, which lane should you use to approach an intersection for a left turn?
Correct answer: The far-left lane lawfully available in your direction.
Approach in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to your direction. Complete the turn into a lawful receiving lane, following any special traffic-control directions.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.341, subsection 1(2)-(3). ↗
You want to reverse direction at a Missouri intersection controlled by a traffic signal. What does the state rule require?
Correct answer: Do not make a U-turn at that signal-controlled intersection.
Section 304.341 prohibits turning to proceed in the opposite direction at an intersection controlled by a traffic signal or police officer. A gap in traffic does not cancel that rule.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 304.341, subsection 2. ↗
