In an ordinary passenger-car right turn, with no special lane directions or obstruction, where should you approach and make the turn?
Correct answer: As close as practicable to the right-hand curb or roadway edge.
The ordinary rule places both the approach and right turn as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or roadway edge. This scenario does not involve a specially directed layout.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1061(1), right-turn approach and path; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
At an ordinary intersection, both roads carry two-way traffic. Where should you position your car as you approach to turn left?
Correct answer: In the part of your roadway’s right half nearest its centerline.
For this two-way layout, the left-turn approach is in the part of the right half nearest the centerline. The statute does not authorize moving into the opposing half before the turn.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1061(2), two-way left-turn approach; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You make a normal left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street with several lanes and no special turn markings. Where should you finish the turn, as nearly as practicable?
Correct answer: In the left-hand lane lawfully available for traffic going your direction.
For a layout involving one-way traffic, the rule directs the left turn into the left-hand lane lawfully available in the direction of travel, as nearly as practicable. It is not permission to sweep across the destination lanes.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1061(3), left-turn destination lane on other than two-way roadways; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
Near a hillcrest, your car cannot be seen from one approaching direction for 500 feet. May you turn around there to drive in the opposite direction?
Correct answer: No. The hillcrest visibility condition prohibits that turnaround.
A turn to proceed in the opposite direction is prohibited on a curve or near a grade crest when the car cannot be seen by an approaching driver from either direction for 500 feet. A missing sign does not remove that condition.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1062, curve or grade-crest visibility prohibition; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You are parked beside the roadway. Moving out now would force a passing car to brake abruptly. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.
A vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked may not be moved unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety. Signaling does not make the described unsafe start permissible.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1063, reasonable safety before starting a stopped, standing, or parked vehicle; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
When a turn signal is required, what is the minimum continuous signaling distance before turning?
Correct answer: The last 100 feet traveled before the turn.
The intention to turn right or left must be signaled continuously for at least the final 100 feet traveled before turning. An isolated early flash does not satisfy that continuous-distance requirement.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(d), continuous final 100 feet; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You need to stop or suddenly slow, and there is an opportunity to signal to the driver immediately behind you. What should you do?
Correct answer: Give an appropriate signal before the stop or sudden decrease in speed.
When there is an opportunity, an appropriate signal must warn the driver immediately to the rear before a stop or sudden decrease in speed. The rule does not invent warning time that is unavailable in an emergency.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(c), rearward warning when opportunity exists; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You are not turning, changing lanes, or starting from parking. May you flash a left-turn hand signal solely as a courtesy message telling a following driver to pass?
Correct answer: No. The statute prohibits using these signals as a courtesy or “do pass” message.
The prescribed turn and movement signals communicate your intended movement. The statute expressly prohibits flashing them as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to drivers approaching from behind.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(e), prohibited courtesy or do-pass use of signals in §1065; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
You are about to turn into a driveway, but no other road user is visible. Does that remove the requirement to signal your intended turn?
Correct answer: No. Signal your intention before turning and make the movement safely.
The displayed rule requires warning before changing direction and a signal before a right or left turn; it does not condition that duty on seeing another road user. The safe-movement requirement still applies.
Source: 23 V.S.A. §1064(a)–(b) and §1065(a), advance intention and safe turn; Vermont General Assembly HTML, Title 23 Chapter 013, read October 1, 2026. Publisher states compilation includes the 2025 session and is an unofficial copy of Vermont Statutes Annotated; not all 2026 amendments independently verified. Selected road-law foundation, not a complete DMV handbook. ↗
