At an all-way stop, a car from the side has stopped before you arrive. Who normally proceeds first?
Correct answer: The car that reached the stop first.
After all required stops, arrival order normally determines priority. Continue only when the other driver is yielding and the way is clear.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 54 (physical PDF 68) — Yielding at Intersections — All-Way Stops. ↗
You and another driver reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same time. The other vehicle is on your right. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle on your right.
When vehicles arrive together at an uncontrolled intersection, the driver on the left yields to the one on the right.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 54 (physical PDF 68) — Yielding at Intersections — uncontrolled intersections. ↗
Your road ends at a T intersection without signals or signs. What must you do before entering the continuing road?
Correct answer: Yield to traffic from both directions on the continuing road.
Traffic on the ending road yields to vehicles on the continuing roadway. Look in both directions and wait for a safe gap.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 54 (physical PDF 68) — Yielding at Intersections — T intersections. ↗
You want to turn left on a circular green light. An oncoming car is going straight. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait for the oncoming car to pass before turning.
Without a protected turn arrow, a left-turning driver yields to opposing traffic going straight or turning right.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 54 (physical PDF 68) — Yielding at Intersections — left turns. ↗
You are leaving a driveway across a sidewalk. A pedestrian is approaching across your path. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait for the pedestrian, then yield to road traffic before entering.
Drivers crossing a sidewalk yield to pedestrians. They must also yield to vehicles on the road they are entering.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 53 (physical PDF 67) — Right-of-Way Procedures — pedestrians and entering a main road. ↗
An ambulance with its siren on approaches while you are already in an intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Clear the intersection, then pull to the right and stop safely.
Do not block an emergency vehicle in the intersection. Clear it before pulling over, without blocking a driveway or side road.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 54 (physical PDF 68) — Yield to Emergency Vehicles — already in an intersection. ↗
You are stopped at red when an emergency vehicle approaches. Your light turns green before it passes. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until the emergency vehicle has passed or turned away.
A green signal does not cancel the duty to yield to an approaching emergency vehicle. Keep its route clear.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 54 (physical PDF 68) — Yield to Emergency Vehicles — traffic light is red. ↗
A school bus stops ahead on a two-lane road to unload children, with red lights flashing and its stop arm extended. What must approaching traffic do?
Correct answer: Stop in both directions.
On an undivided two-lane road, both approaching and following drivers must stop for the bus. A child may be hidden from view.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 51 (physical PDF 65) — The School Bus Stop Law — meeting and overtaking. ↗
A school bus is loading children on the opposite roadway of a highway separated by a grass median not suitable for driving. What should you do?
Correct answer: Proceed cautiously on your separate roadway.
The stopping exception applies to opposing traffic on genuinely separate roadways divided by an unsuitable-for-traffic median or barrier. It does not excuse vehicles following the bus.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 51 (physical PDF 65) — The School Bus Stop Law — separate roadways. ↗
An opposite-direction school bus has stopped with red lights and stop arm active. The road has four travel lanes and a shared center turn lane. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop; the center turn lane does not create separate roadways.
A paved center turn lane is usable by vehicles and is not the separating barrier described in the school-bus exception. Both directions must stop.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 51 (physical PDF 65) — The School Bus Stop Law — center turn lane is not a barrier. ↗
A train is approaching a railroad crossing. Where should you stop?
Correct answer: Between 15 and 50 feet from the tracks.
The handbook gives a stopping distance of 15 to 50 feet from the tracks. Remain clear until the train and crossing warnings allow safe passage.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 50 (physical PDF 64) — Stopping for Railroad Crossings. ↗
While stopped waiting to turn left across opposing traffic, how should you keep your front wheels?
Correct answer: Straight ahead until you begin the turn.
Keeping the wheels straight reduces the chance that a rear impact will push your vehicle into opposing traffic.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 56 (physical PDF 70) — Making Turns — do not turn wheels while waiting. ↗
According to the Tennessee driver handbook, how far before a turn should your turn signal be on?
Correct answer: At least 50 feet.
The cited handbook requires signaling at least 50 feet before the turn. Check traffic as well; signaling does not give you right-of-way.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 56 (physical PDF 70) — Making Turns — signal at least 50 feet. ↗
You face a circular red signal on a one-way street and want to turn left onto another one-way street carrying traffic left. No sign prohibits the turn. What may you do?
Correct answer: Stop completely, yield, and turn when safe.
Tennessee permits this one-way-to-one-way left turn on red unless prohibited. The same full-stop and yielding requirements apply as for a right turn on red.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 58 (physical PDF 72) — Turns Permitted on Red. ↗
You reach an intersection in the wrong lane for your intended turn. What is the safest response?
Correct answer: Continue in a permitted direction and find another legal route.
Do not make a last-second turn from the wrong lane. Continue to another suitable location and reroute safely.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 56 (physical PDF 70) — Making Turns — do not turn from the wrong lane. ↗
As you enter a roundabout, who has priority?
Correct answer: Vehicles already circulating in the roundabout.
Yield to circulating traffic and enter a safe gap. Traffic travels counterclockwise around the central island.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (publication notice July 1, 2022; file retrieved September 14, 2026), printed page 59 (physical PDF 73) — Special Turns — Roundabouts. ↗
