Intersections and Turns — New York Driver's License Practice Test

This chapter focuses on right-of-way — the rules that decide who goes first when signs and signals alone don't resolve a conflict, such as a driver turning left while another approaches from the opposite direction. It walks through the core scenarios: yielding to traffic already in the intersection, yielding to the driver on your right at an uncontrolled intersection, and yielding when entering a road from a driveway or parking lot.

The most heavily tested material also covers yielding to emergency vehicles and the Move Over law, the difference between authorized emergency vehicles and personal vehicles showing blue, green, or amber lights, proper hand and turn signals, correct lane positioning for each type of turn, and where U-turns are prohibited.

A common mistake is thinking that vehicles displaying blue, green, or amber lights are authorized emergency vehicles with the right to run red lights or exceed the speed limit — they are not; their drivers must obey all normal traffic laws, and you only need to yield to them as a courtesy. Another is forgetting that a left turn always requires yielding to oncoming traffic close enough to be a hazard, even when you already have a green light.