Pulling into traffic
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're leaving a parking lot to turn onto a busy street. Who has the right of way?
The rule
When you pull onto a road, for example from a driveway, alley or parking lot, go carefully and let the traffic already in the lanes go first.
When you enter a road from a driveway, alley or parking lot, the traffic already in the lanes goes first. Wait for a safe gap.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 7, page 39. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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