You have a circular green light and want to turn left across approaching traffic. What does the green light allow?
Correct answer: Turn only after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians and finding a safe opening.
A circular green is not a protected left-turn arrow. Check the actual conflict paths before turning.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 31, physical PDF page 41: Unprotected turns ↗
Your light turns green while a vehicle is still clearing your path through the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until the vehicle has safely cleared before entering.
Check the actual intersection before moving. The green indication does not make an occupied path safe.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 40, physical PDF page 50: Intersection clearance ↗
A traffic officer directs you to stop even though your signal is green. Which direction controls?
Correct answer: Stop as the officer directs.
When an officer is directing traffic, follow the officer’s instructions rather than conflicting signs or signals.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 37, physical PDF page 47: Orders of officers and flaggers ↗
A pedestrian began crossing on the permitted signal and is still in the crosswalk when the pedestrian display starts flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield and allow the pedestrian to finish crossing safely.
The handbook tells pedestrians who already began crossing to continue. Drivers must still protect their crossing rather than treating the change as permission to crowd them.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 30, physical PDF page 40: Pedestrian signals ↗
The crossing gate is down but you cannot see a train. May you drive around it?
Correct answer: No; stay stopped until the gate is raised, lights stop flashing and the tracks are clear.
A lowered gate is not optional merely because the train is out of view. Check all tracks before proceeding after the warnings end.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 33, physical PDF page 43: Gates and flashing lights ↗
Your light permits travel, but stopped traffic leaves no space beyond the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait before the crosswalk until space is available beyond the intersection.
Do not enter a blocked intersection. A signal permitting travel does not authorize obstructing the crosswalk or cross traffic.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 40, physical PDF page 50: Intersection clearance ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 40, physical PDF page 50: Four-way stops ↗
You and a driver on your right reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same time. Your paths conflict. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the driver on your right.
Where there is no stop sign or signal, yield to traffic from your right. Continue watching for mistakes and be ready to avoid a crash.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 40, physical PDF page 50: Uncontrolled intersections ↗
You are leaving a driveway with no stop sign. What does Montana’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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 40, physical PDF page 50: Entering from driveway ↗
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: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 32, physical PDF page 42: Entering roundabouts ↗
You are already in an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren. What should you do?
Correct answer: Clear the intersection safely, then move right and yield.
Do not block the intersection. Complete the safe clearing movement and then yield from the right side as directed in the handbook.
Source: Montana Code Annotated 2025, 61-8-387, subsection (1)(b); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Another vehicle occupies the freeway gap you hoped to use. Who must adjust?
Correct answer: You must yield and find a safe gap before entering the through lane.
A signal states your intention but does not create a gap or right-of-way. Entering traffic must yield to traffic already on the freeway.
Source: Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, printed page 66, physical PDF page 76: Space to merge ↗
