1. You are approaching a red traffic light at an intersection late at night. You can see that there are no other cars, pedestrians, or cyclists around. What is the legally required action?
- A. Come to a complete stop and wait for the light to turn green. ✓
- B. Treat the red light as a stop sign and proceed when the way is clear.
- C. Slow down significantly and proceed through the intersection if it is safe.
- D. Turn on your hazard lights and proceed through the intersection.
Under Georgia law, one of the most basic traffic rules is to obey all traffic control devices. A solid red light requires you to come to a complete stop and wait for the light to change to green before proceeding, regardless of traffic conditions.
2. You are at an intersection with a green light, but a police officer is in the roadway signaling for your lane of traffic to stop. What should you do?
- A. Obey the officer and stop. ✓
- B. Proceed cautiously through the intersection because the light is green.
- C. Honk your horn to indicate to the officer that you have a green light.
- D. Pull over to the right side of the road.
In Georgia, you must always obey the traffic directions of a law enforcement officer or firefighter, even if their instructions contradict a traffic control device like a green light. The officer's command takes precedence.
3. A driver approaches a street that has been blocked off with barricades and 'Road Closed' signs for a parade. The driver's destination is just one block down the closed street. What is the correct course of action?
- A. Find an alternate route to the destination. ✓
- B. Carefully drive around the barricades to get to the destination.
- C. Wait for a gap in the parade and then proceed quickly.
- D. Ask an event worker for permission to drive on the closed street.
One of Georgia's three most basic traffic laws is that you must never drive on a roadway that has been officially closed. Drivers must find a legal, alternate route, regardless of how close their destination is.
4. You are approaching an intersection that has no traffic signs or signals. A vehicle approaching from your left arrives at the exact same time as you. Who has the right-of-way?
- A. You have the right-of-way and should proceed. ✓
- B. The driver on the left has the right-of-way.
- C. Whoever is traveling on the wider road has the right-of-way.
- D. Both drivers should stop and the driver who flashes their headlights first may proceed.
At an uncontrolled intersection, when two vehicles arrive at the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left must yield to the driver of the vehicle on the right. Since the other vehicle is on your left, you have the right-of-way.
5. You arrive at a four-way stop and come to a complete stop. A car on the cross street to your right has already been stopped at the intersection before you arrived. Who should be allowed to go first?
- A. You should go first because you are on their left.
- B. The car that was already stopped should go first. ✓
- C. Both cars should proceed slowly at the same time.
- D. The car traveling on the busier street should go first.
At a four-way stop, the rule is 'first to arrive, first to proceed.' The vehicle that reaches the intersection and stops first has the right-of-way to go before vehicles that arrive later.
6. You are driving and come to a complete stop at a four-way stop at the same moment as a driver on the cross street to your right. What is the correct action to take?
- A. Proceed first because you are on their left.
- B. Yield the right-of-way to the driver on your right. ✓
- C. Signal with your hand for the other driver to proceed.
- D. The driver intending to turn must yield to the driver going straight.
If two vehicles reach a four-way stop at the same time, the driver on the left must yield to the driver on their right. Since the other car is on your right, you must yield.
7. You are at an intersection with a solid green light, waiting to make a left turn. A vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. What should you do?
- A. Yield to the oncoming vehicle before turning. ✓
- B. Turn immediately because you have the green light.
- C. Honk your horn to signal your intention to turn first.
- D. Inch forward to claim the intersection.
According to Georgia law, when making a left turn at an intersection, or into an alley or driveway, you must yield the right-of-way to all traffic coming from the opposite direction. A solid green light does not give you the right-of-way to turn left against oncoming traffic.
8. You are approaching an intersection with a yield sign. Traffic on the cross-street does not have a sign. What is the correct action?
- A. Slow down and be prepared to stop for cross-traffic. ✓
- B. Come to a complete stop, just as you would for a stop sign.
- C. Maintain your speed, as other drivers should yield to you.
- D. Speed up to get through the intersection quickly.
When approaching a yield sign, you must slow down and be prepared to stop. You must grant the right-of-way to traffic on the intersecting road and can only proceed when it is safe to do so.
9. You are on an entrance ramp preparing to merge onto a highway. What is your primary responsibility?
- A. Adjust your speed to match the flow of highway traffic and find a safe gap. ✓
- B. Stop at the end of the ramp and wait for a large opening in traffic.
- C. Force your way into the nearest lane, as drivers on the highway must let you in.
- D. Maintain a slow, steady speed on the ramp until you reach the highway.
When merging, the driver entering the roadway is responsible for adjusting their speed and vehicle position to merge into the new lane safely. This means matching the speed of traffic and waiting for a safe gap.
10. You are driving on a multi-lane road when you see an ambulance approaching from behind with its lights and siren activated. What is the correct procedure?
- A. Signal, move as far to the right as possible, and come to a complete stop. ✓
- B. Slow down to 10 mph but keep moving in your lane.
- C. Move into the far-left lane to clear a path for the ambulance.
- D. Speed up to stay ahead of the ambulance until you can take the next exit.
Rule 1: For approaching emergency vehicles with active lights and sirens, you must slow down, move to the right shoulder of the road (or as far right as possible), and stop until the vehicle has passed.