Leaving a driveway or private road: stop first
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're leaving a driveway to enter a paved street. What must you do?
The rule
Coming onto a paved road from a driveway, a private road or an unpaved road, you must stop first, then yield to pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles on that road.
Entering a paved road from a driveway, private road or unpaved road, you must stop. Then yield to pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles on the road.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 100. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV 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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