Rules of the Road and Right-of-Way
This domain tests who goes first, where you may drive, and how fast. North Dakota questions here are scenario-based: two or three vehicles, one decision.
Who yields
- A pedestrian in a marked or unmarked crosswalk always has the right-of-way.
- At an uncontrolled intersection, yield to the vehicle on your right; at a four-way stop with simultaneous arrivals, the same rule applies.
- A left-turning driver yields to oncoming traffic and to pedestrians.
- Anyone entering a roadway from a driveway, alley, or private lot yields to all traffic already on the road.
- An emergency vehicle running lights and siren: pull to the right and stop.
Speed and lanes
North Dakota's default is 25 mph in business and residential districts unless posted, 20 mph in a school zone when the light flashes, 65 mph on rural two-lane highways, and 75 mph on rural interstates with 80 mph posted on some segments. Keep right except to pass. No passing on hills, curves, at intersections, or where a pennant or solid yellow line appears. Passing on the right is allowed when the car ahead is turning left. In a roundabout, yield to vehicles already circulating, enter to the right, and do not change lanes inside. Stop for a school bus with red lights flashing in both directions unless a median separates you.
Worked example
You and another car reach a four-way stop at the same moment, and you intend to turn left. The other car is going straight, so it proceeds first. You then wait for any oncoming through traffic before turning, because the left turn is the lowest-priority move on the diagram.
Traps that cost marks
Assuming a green light gives you the right-of-way for a left turn, waving another driver through (right-of-way cannot be handed over), stopping at a yield sign when the way is clearly clear, and forgetting the stop-arm rule on an undivided two-lane road.