Kentucky driving lesson · General Driving Maneuvers
Intersections
A 3-minute lesson from the Kentucky course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Intersections are where paths cross, and you can't count on other drivers to obey signals or signs—they may not yield. Slow down, search, and move only when your path is truly clear, ready to avoid a crash.
When the light turns green, don't move immediately. Make sure your path is clear—you need a gap big enough to get across, or to turn into the proper lane and get up to speed.
If buildings or parked cars block your view, edge forward slowly until you can see clearly. If traffic in one lane blocks your view of another, wait—poking your front end into that lane could get you hit.
Never assume another driver will share space. Don't turn in front of an approaching car just because its signal is on—the driver may turn after passing you or may have forgotten to cancel it.
If the light changes after you've started through an intersection, keep going; if you've started a turn, follow through. Last-second changes cause collisions.
You're waiting to pull out of a side street. A car approaching from your left has its right signal blinking. Don't go yet—wait until it actually turns. It may be turning after your street, or the driver forgot the signal.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
At an intersection, if your view of a cross street is blocked by parked vehicles, you should:
Edge forward slowly until you can clearly see
Proceed at normal speed since you have the right of way
Sound your horn and proceed
Reverse and take an alternate route
Answer: Edge forward slowly until you can clearly see
Edge forward slowly until you have a clear view rather than pushing your vehicle into the other lane to look.