You park an automatic-transmission car facing uphill beside a curb. Which arrangement helps secure it?
Correct answer: Apply the parking brake, select Park and turn the front wheels away from the curb.
For uphill parking with a curb, the manual calls for the wheels to face away from the curb, the parking brake to be set and an automatic transmission to be in Park. Do not rely on neutral or omit the parking brake.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 57, physical 59, Parking, vehicle facing uphill. Exact cached September 12 edition; selected passage read September 29, 2026. ↗
Rain makes the road slippery while you follow another car. How should you adjust the gap used in good conditions?
Correct answer: Increase it to leave more time and distance to stop.
Poor traction can increase stopping distance. The manual says to increase the following interval in bad weather; its good-condition rule is not a guarantee that the same gap is sufficient in rain.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 95, physical 97, Three Seconds-Plus Rule; Following Distances. Exact cached September 12 edition; selected passage read September 29, 2026. ↗
You are outside an intersection when an ambulance approaches from behind with its siren and emergency lights on. The right edge is clear. What should you do?
Correct answer: Pull safely to the extreme right and stop until it passes.
Yield to the responding emergency vehicle. In this clear-roadside situation, move safely to the extreme right and stop, leaving room for it to pass.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 78, physical 80, Pull Over and Stop for Emergency Vehicles. Exact cached September 12 edition; selected passage read September 29, 2026. ↗
A private car is stationary on the roadside with hazard lights flashing. No officer directs otherwise, and you can safely and legally enter a same-direction lane farther from it. What should you do?
Correct answer: Approach cautiously and change into the nonadjacent lane.
New Jersey’s current Move Over poster includes any stationary vehicle displaying flashing or blinking lights, not only emergency vehicles. Where conditions permit, move into a lane not adjacent to it. Do not make an unsafe lane change.
Source: NJ Division of Highway Traffic Safety, 2026 Move Over poster, sole page, any stationary vehicle with flashing/blinking lights; safe nonadjacent-lane procedure corroborated 2026 MVC manual printed78/physical80; current official page read September 29, 2026. ↗
A police vehicle is stopped ahead with emergency lights flashing. You cannot safely change into a lane away from it, and no officer directs otherwise. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow to a reasonable speed below the posted limit and be prepared to stop.
When a lane change is impossible, unlawful or unsafe, MVC directs drivers to reduce to a reasonable speed below the posted limit and be ready to stop if needed. The rule does not require forcing your way into an occupied lane.
Source: MVC Driver Safety, Move over for stationary emergency and other service vehicles, fallback when lane change is impossible/prohibited/unsafe; current official page read September 29, 2026. ↗
A pedestrian is already crossing in a marked crosswalk on your half of the roadway. You have enough distance to stop safely. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop and remain stopped as required for the crossing pedestrian.
MVC requires stopping and remaining stopped for a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk on, or within one lane of, your half of the roadway. Do not pass a vehicle stopped for the crossing pedestrian.
Source: MVC Driver Safety, Pedestrian Safety is a two-way street, marked crosswalk and half-roadway qualification; current official page read September 29, 2026. ↗
At an intersection without painted crosswalk lines, a pedestrian is lawfully crossing within the unmarked crosswalk. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield the right-of-way, stopping if needed to let the pedestrian cross safely.
MVC distinguishes yielding at an unmarked intersection crosswalk from the marked-crosswalk stopping rule. The lack of paint does not remove the pedestrian’s right-of-way; stop when necessary to yield safely.
Source: MVC Driver Safety, Pedestrian Safety is a two-way street, unmarked crosswalk at an intersection; resolves older manual wording without claiming a new statute-wide audit; current official page read September 29, 2026. ↗
What does the broken white line between the illustrated travel lanes separate?
Correct answer: Two lanes carrying traffic in the same direction.
White lane lines separate same-direction traffic; the depicted arrows also show the same travel direction. Yellow center lines serve the different function of separating opposing traffic.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 216, physical 218, Road Markings, White lines and White dashed lines. Exact cached September 12 edition; selected passage read September 29, 2026. ↗
The yellow center lines in this diagram lie between two travel lanes. What does their color identify?
Correct answer: The division between traffic moving in opposite directions.
Yellow center lines separate opposing traffic. Here the two solid lines also prohibit crossing to pass; they are not same-direction white lane dividers.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 216, physical 218, Road Markings, Yellow center lines and double solid lines. Exact cached September 12 edition; selected passage read September 29, 2026. ↗
A white diamond is painted in a lane. How do you determine whether your vehicle may use that lane now?
Correct answer: Read the posted vehicle, occupancy and operating-hour restrictions.
The diamond identifies a reserved/HOV lane. Posted regulatory signs establish the permitted vehicles or occupancy and applicable hours; the diamond alone does not state a universal occupancy number.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 217, physical 219, Road Markings, White diamonds and posted HOV operating restrictions. Exact cached September 12 edition; selected passage read September 29, 2026. ↗
