FREE MICHIGAN ROAD RULES TEST 4 - MICHIGAN DRIVING PRACTICE TEST

This online DMV Michigan driving practice test, with multiple choice questions, is intended to help you prepare for the DMV driving test that is required before you can get your driver’s license.

Rules 4

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Why is it necessary to shoulder-check when changing lanes?

It stretches out your neck while driving

No matter how you adjust your mirrors, you will always have blind spots

Just to be extra-cautious

It gives you an excuse to check out the people in the next car

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If your car has air bags, you should use your seatbelt:

Only on the freeway

Never

At all times

Unless you are only driving within city limits

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When the light is red, you may make a right turn after:

Yielding to pedestrians

Coming to a full stop

Yielding to oncoming traffic

All answers are correct

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In a construction area what is a 'flagger'...?

Flags directing you away from the road work

A sign warning of construction ahead

A person who uses different colored flags and hand signals to let traffic know when to go, stop, or slow down

The foreman of the highway construction

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Who must stop when a school bus, with flashing red lights, is stopped on a four lane road with no median separation?

Only the traffic behind the school bus

Traffic in both directions must slow down

Only the traffic facing the school bus

Traffic traveling in both directions

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If you see orange construction signs and cones on an expressway, you must:

Change lanes and maintain your current speed

Decrease distance to any car ahead

Slow down because the lane ends ahead

Be prepared for workers and equipment ahead

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What should you do if you are driving and see an emergency vehicle with flashing lights behind you?

Pull to the right as far as possible and stop

Speed up and get out of the way

Signal the driver to pass

Continue at same speed

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If you are on the other side of a divided highway coming toward a school bus with flashing red lights you should:

Slow down

You can proceed normally

Stop

Stop if children are present

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Speed limit signs indicate the maximum speed during ideal conditions

FALSE

TRUE

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If someone is tailgating you, you should:

Slow slightly to increase the space in front of your car, allowing you extra space to stop more gradually if you need to

Move into another lane

Pull over to let the tailgater pass

All answers are correct

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When turning left onto a one way road with two lanes you must:

You can't turn left

Turn into the right lane

Turn into either of the lanes that are safely open

Turn into the left lane

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A school bus is stopped on a 2 way undivided road with flashing red lights, you must:

Stop and wait for the driver to turn off the flashing red lights

Speed up and proceed

Slow down and proceed cautiously

Wait for the children to exit the bus then proceed

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The center left turn lane may be used for:

Short term parking

Emergency parking

Beginning left turns or U-turns

Passing slower traffic

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When should you use your car's signals?

Moving from the curb or parking lane

All answers are correct

Turning

When changing lanes

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What might you see on a highway that tells you that the lane you are in may force you to turn?

A flashing arrow light

A painted arrow in your lane

Raised red dots

Yellow lines on the side of the road

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Passing using the unpaved shoulder is:

Illegal

Permitted if there is a gridlock

Permitted when no sidewalks are present

Always legal

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If two vehicles arrive at an uncontrolled intersection at approximately the same time, the right-of-way should be given to:

Vehicle approaching from the right

Vehicle approaching from the left

Neither one

The one moving faster

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When waiting to turn left, which way should you have your tires pointed?

To the right

None of them

Straight ahead

To the left

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A traffic light which has a green arrow and a red light means that:

You may drive only in the direction of the green arrow

Vehicles moving in any direction must stop

You may only drive straight ahead

You must wait for a green light

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When approaching a stop sign where there is no stop line or marked crosswalk at the intersection:

Stop 3 feet back from the intersection

Stop only if pedestrians are waiting to cross

Stop just before you enter the intersection

Slow down and proceed with caution

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If a vehicle in front of you is stopped at a crosswalk on a multi-lane road, you should:

Pass the vehicle on the right only

Stop before passing this vehicle and make sure there are no pedestrians in the crosswalk

Sound your horn to encourage the vehicle's driver to get going

Pass the vehicle on the left only

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If you are in an intersection waiting to turn left and the light turns yellow, you should:

Drive straight through the intersection before the light turns red, you've missed your chance to turn

Back up and wait for the next green light

Make sure no oncoming cars are trying to beat the red light and complete your turn safely

Complete your turn as quickly as possible; you are not allowed to be in the intersection when the light turns red

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If another vehicle is trying to pass you on the left, you should:

Slow down until they pass you, then resume normal speed

Move to the left to prevent passing

Maintain normal speed until they pass you then slow down

Speed up so that passing is not necessary

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If you're driving on a freeway and a vehicle is attempting to merge into your lane, you should:

Do nothing

Accelerate quickly to get out of the merging vehicles way

Reduce your speed quickly so the other vehicle can merge

If possible, safely make room for the merging vehicle

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You are driving down a two lane road where there is a bicyclist to your right and oncoming traffic approaching on the left. What is the best strategy to pass the bicyclist safely?

Wait for the oncoming traffic to pass and then leave a lot of room to pass the bicyclist

Speed up and pass quickly

Pass and give more room to the bicyclist

Pass and give more room to the oncoming traffic

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A U-turn is not permitted:

Where a sign prohibits a U-turn

All answers are correct

On a curve

Near or at the crest of a hill

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A solid line at the left of your lane means:

Pass at your discretion

Overtake and pass with caution

It is unsafe to pass

Pass only when no traffic is sight

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Which of the following has the right-of-way over all others at an intersection when the light is green?

Vehicles turning left

Vehicles turning right

Pedestrians crossing against the light

Pedestrians crossing with the light

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Crosswalks are always:

Marked with Yellow lines

Marked with white lines

Have pedestrian crossing electric signal

Places for people to walk across the street, whether it is marked or not

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You are required to stop your vehicle:

When a traffic officer orders you to stop

At an intersection with a stop sign

All answers are correct

Where there is a red light

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