You are ready to leave a curbside parking place, but a cyclist is approaching along your intended path. When may you start moving?
Correct answer: After establishing that the movement can be made safely, without pulling into the cyclist’s path.
Starting from a stopped, standing or parked position is allowed only when the movement can be made with reasonable safety. Being ready to leave does not make the path clear.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-1, care when starting from a stop; official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
At a normal intersection without markings directing a different turn path, how should you position your car for a right turn?
Correct answer: Approach and turn as close as practical to the right curb or roadway edge.
The ordinary right-turn rule calls for both approach and turn to be as close as practicable to the right curb or edge. Do not use an unnecessary wide swing in a passenger car.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-2, (1)(i); ordinary layout stated in the prompt; official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
You plan an ordinary left turn where both roads carry traffic in both directions. Where should you approach the turn when no special lane markings direct otherwise?
Correct answer: In your right half of the road, nearest its center line.
For this two-way layout, approach within your lawful half nearest the center line. The rule does not authorize crossing into opposing traffic before the turn.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-2, (2)(i); official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
An intersection has one-way traffic on the road you are leaving or entering, and no special markings direct another path. From which lane should you approach a left turn?
Correct answer: The extreme left lane lawfully available to traffic traveling your direction.
Where one or more of the roads is one-way, the statute calls for an approach in the extreme left lane lawfully available in the driver’s direction.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-2, (3)(i); official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
Near a hill crest, another approaching driver cannot see your vehicle within 500 feet from one direction. May you make a U-turn there?
Correct answer: No. The restricted visibility makes a U-turn there prohibited.
A U-turn is prohibited on a curve or at or near a grade crest when the vehicle cannot be seen by an approaching driver from either direction within 500 feet.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-4, curve or grade-crest visibility restriction; official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
You signal before turning into a driveway, but a vehicle is still in the path your turn would cross. What does the signal allow you to do?
Correct answer: Communicate your intention, while still waiting until the movement can be made safely.
The turn rule requires a reasonably safe movement as well as an appropriate signal when other traffic may be affected. A signal communicates intent; it does not remove the safety requirement.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-5, safe movement and signal requirements; official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
Traffic may be affected by your planned turn. For at least how much of the approach must you signal continuously before turning?
Correct answer: The last 100 feet traveled before the turn.
When a turn signal is required, Rhode Island calls for a continuous signal during at least the final 100 feet before the turn. One early flash does not satisfy continuous signaling.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-6, continuous final100feet; official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
You need to stop or reduce speed suddenly, and there is an opportunity to warn the vehicle immediately behind. What does the rule require?
Correct answer: Give an appropriate signal before the stop or sudden reduction.
When there is an opportunity, warn the driver immediately behind before stopping or suddenly decreasing speed. The rule recognizes that some emergencies leave no opportunity for advance warning.
Source: Rhode Island General Laws §31-16-7, opportunity to signal before stopping; official HTML codification read October 1, 2026. Selected road-rule foundation, not a complete DMV handbook or licensing review. ↗
