Maine driving lesson · Managing Speed, Space and Visibility
Signals and emergency warnings
A 3-minute lesson from the Maine course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Other drivers expect you to keep going straight at the same speed. Signals tell them otherwise, early enough to react. If your car breaks down, your job is to make it impossible to miss.
Know the rule
Signal before you turn, change lanes, merge or slow down, early enough to give others time to react, and cancel it afterward.
Signal every time you change direction, even when no one seems to be around: the car you don't see is the most dangerous. Use hand signals if your turn signals don't work.
You want to turn into a gas station just past a side street. Wait until you've passed the side street before signaling, or a driver waiting there may think you're turning onto their street and pull out in front of you.
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.
You must stop along the road with car trouble, but your car has no emergency flashers. What should you use?
Your high beams
Your parking lights
The proper turn signal
Your dome light
Answer: The proper turn signal
If your car doesn't have emergency flashers, use the proper turn signal.