Basic Speed Law stated that you may never drive faster than is reasonably safe.
Speed limit in a school zone
Speed limit in residential and business areas
Speed limit on major roads in Utah
Speed limit on major highways
Speed limit on I-15 rural interstate Freeways
YIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY
Right-of-Way rules tell you and other drivers what to do. These rules say who has right-of-way when two or more streets come together. They also cover other situations.
YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
1. A driver who is at the intersection before you.
2. Drivers in the opposite lane when you are making a left turn.
3. The driver on your right at a four-way stop, if both of you arrive at the same time.
4. Drivers on a public road if you are coming from a driveway or a private road.
5. Drivers already on an interstate highway if you are on the entrance ramp.
6. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and others that are still in the intersection.
TRAFFIC CONTROLS
Traffic controls include traffic signals, signs and road markings. They also include directions from law enforcements, highway workers and school crossing guards.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Traffic lights are usually at intersections. They are red, yellow and green from top to bottom.
1. RED TRAFFIC LIGHT - You must stop and wait behind the stop line, crosswalk, or intersection until the light turns green. You may make a right turn on a red light after coming to a full and complete stop, unless posted otherwise.
2. YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT - the light is about to change to red
3. GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT - you may go through with caution if the way is clear
GREEN ARROW LIGHT - vehicles may proceed only in the direction of the arrow after yielding to vehicles and pedestrians still in the intersection at the time of the light change.
FLASHING YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT - slow down and proceed with caution.
FLASHING YELLOW ARROW LIGHT - driver turning left may proceed with caution and must yield to oncoming traffic.
FLASHING RED TRAFFIC LIGHT - stop and look both ways before entering the intersection.
RED ARROW LIGHT - LEFT TURN - Stop and remain stopped until the arrow turn green, or proceed with caution if it turns to a flashing yellow.
RED ARROW - RIGHT TURN - stop and remain stopped until the arrow turns green.
Duration: 9:38 minutes
Rules of the Road
8. In addition to posted speed limits, the law requires that you slow down
When approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad crossing
When approaching and going around a curve
When approaching the top of a hill
When traveling upon any narrow or winding road
When special hazards such as people walking beside the road, heavy traffic, or dangerous road conditions exist.
During poor weather conditions, snow, ice, rain, fog, smoke, or dust.
Any time when you cannot see clearly.
In any highway work zones where construction, maintenance, or utility work is being done.
When approaching any authorized vehicle which is flashing red, red and white, or red and blue lights, school bus, ambulance, fire truck and police.
9. Is driving below the speed limit legal?
Traffic officers are allowed to issue a ticket if you are driving too slowly to the point of interrupting normal flow of traffic and become a source of danger on the road.
10. You must signal at least for 2 seconds before you
Turn right or left?
Before you make any lane change
Any time you pull away from a curb
11. Below are proper hand signals
12. How do you parallel park a car?
Duration: 1:43 minutes
Parallel Parking Between two cars
Duration: 0:19 seconds
Parallel Parking Between Cones
Duration: 1:00 minutes
Parallel Parking Behind a Single Vehicle
Signal right for at least 2 seconds
Right head check
Set up your car in parallel to the vehicle in front of the parking space
Head check for traffic before backing
Continuously look over your shoulder for the duration of your backing
Back into the space – no more than three pull-ups
Park your car about 12 inches from curb
Put your in car in park
Set your emergency brake
12. What is the proper way to back a car?
Duration: 0:19 seconds
Signal right for at least 2 seconds
Right head check to pull over to the side of the road
Traffic check in all directions before backing
Look over your shoulder the entire time you are backing
Steer the car in a straight line and at a safe speed
Back the car for about 30 to 40 feet
Your head should be looking over your shoulder till the car come to a complete stop
The stop should be smooth, not sudden and without jerking
Signal left for 2 seconds
Left head check for traffic
Smoothly merge into traffic when it is safe to do so
13. The proper procedure for making a two-point turn.
Duration: 0:41 seconds
Signal for at least 2 seconds
Complete a head check for traffic and pedestrians
Pull to the left into the driveway
Stop and shift into reverse
Complete a head check for traffic and pedestrians
Turn the steering wheel to the right
Back out of the driveway and into the proper lane
Stop, shift into gear, and move forward
14. The proper procedure for making a three-point turn.
Duration: 0:52 seconds
Signal right for at least 2 seconds
Complete a head check for traffic and pedestrians
Pull over to the right side of the roadway
Signal left for at least 2 seconds
Complete a head check for traffic and pedestrians
Pull to the left over the oncoming travel lane
Stop and shift into reverse
Complete a head check for traffic and pedestrians
Turn the wheels to the right and back slowly across the roadway
Stop and shift into forward gear
Complete a head check for traffic and pedestrians
Pull forward into the travel lane
15. Proper procedure for making U-Turns
You must never make a U-Turn on any curve
Near the top of a hill where you cannot see or be seen from both directions for 500 feet
Where prohibited by an official traffic control device
41. Parking Up Hill
Signal right for at least 2 seconds
Right head check
Turn your front wheels away from the curb and let your car rollback so that the front tire touches the curb,
Put the car in park
Set your emergency brake
To pull away, release the emergency brake
Signal left for 2 seconds
Left headcheck
Smoothly pull away from the parking space
43. How do you park Down Hill?
Duration: 0:48 minutes
Signal right for at least 2 seconds
Right head check
Pull your car about 12 inches to the curb
Turn your wheel to the right let it roll until it rests on the curb
Put the car in park
Set your emergency brake
To pull away, release the emergency brake down
Turn your wheel away from the curb about 3 times
Signal left for at least 2 seconds
Left head check
Then smoothly pull away from your parking space
44. Parking near a curb?
Signal right for at least 2 seconds
Right head check
Pull up about 12 inches from the curb
Put the car in park
Set your emergency brake
16. What are “Blind Spots”?
Blind spots are the areas around your car you cannot see in your rearview and side mirrors.
24. Making a proper lane change
Duration: 1:03 minutes
Signal for at least 2 second - right or left dependidng on which side you changing lane to
Head check - look over your shoulder in the direction you want to move.
Move into the lane smoothy and safely
Whenever possible, maintain your speed when changing lanes. A driver who frequently speeds up or slows down creates a dangerous situation for all drivers on the road.
Switch off your signal and proceed cautiously.
25. The proper way to overtake or pass another vehicle
Maintain a proper following distance as you approach the vehicle you intend to pass
Give proper signal
Do a head check
Change lanes carefully
After passing and before returning to the proper lane, check your blind spot again
Avoid cutting in too quickly.
Make sure the vehicle you just passed can be seen in your inside rearview mirror
On a highway with two-way traffic, get back to the right-hand side of the road before coming within 200 feet of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction
You must yield the left lane on a multiple lane highway to vehicles approaching you from the rear.
28. You must not pass another vehicle
When approaching or crossing a railroad crossing
When approaching within 100 feet of crossing an intersection
When another car is approaching
Another car which has stopped at a crosswalk
On hills
On curves
When school bus lights are flashing
When approaching any bridge, viaduct or tunnel
Over double yellow lines
When solid yellow line is in your lane
In the two-way left turn lane (shared turn lane)
30. What is a Gore Area?
The gore area is between the white solid lines of a lane of traffic and a lane used to either enter or exit from that traffic lane.
The gore area also appear when entering and merging into highways, do not drive across the while solid line, it is illegal to do so.
31. Who have the Right-of-Way in Four Way Intersections?
The driver that arrived at the intersections first
If you arrived at a four-way intersection approximately the same time as vehicles from different directions, the driver on the right have the right-of-way.
32. Who have the right-of-way when turning Left at an Intersection?
Answer: If you are in an intersection and want to turn left, you must yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, even when the traffic light is green.
33. What must you do when emergency vehicles, such as police cars, fire engines, ambulances or other emergency vehicles approach using sirens, emergency lights, or other warning devices?
You must yield the right-of-way
Drive at once to the right side of the road and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed
34.How close can you follow a fire truck responding to an alarm?
500 feet
You may not drive or park on the same block where the fire vehicle has stopped to answer an alarm.
35. What should you do when approaching a stationary emergency vehicle with flashing lights, including police vehicles?
You must reduce your speed
Provide as much space as practical to the emergency vehicle
If is safe to do so, make a lane change into a lane away from the emergency vehicle.
36.Motor vehicle and Pedestrians, who have the right-of-way at marked and unmarked crosswalk?
If a pedestrian is crossing the street in a “marked” or “unmarked” crosswalk, you must yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian.
You must also yield when a pedestrian approaching from the opposite side of the roadway is close to the center of the roadway.
Any vehicle crossing a sidewalk must yield to all traffic on the sidewalk.
37. You must make a full stop
At a steady (non-flashing) red light or at a flashing red light.
At all stop signs
At railroad crossings controlled by flashing signals, gates, a watchman, or stop signs.
Stop more than 15 feet (but not more than 50 feet) away from the nearest rail until it is safe to continue
If a school bus is displaying alternating flashing red light signals visible from the front or rear
At the scene of any crash in which you may be involved as a driver.
When a police or other peace officer requests you to stop
You must stop prior to a sidewalk area, or street, when coming onto a street or highway from an alley, private driveway, private road, or from a building
38. When must you not pass a school bus?
When flashing red light signals are visible from the front or rear and you are traveling behind the bus in the same direction
Traveling on a two-lane roadway, traffic in both directions is required to stop
Traveling on a four-lane roadway without a median, traffic in both directions are required to stop
Traveling on a highway having five or more lanes and having a shared center turn lane, it is only required for the vehicle in both lanes behind the school bus to come to a complete stop.
40. You are not allowed to park
On a sidewalk
In front of a public or private driveway
In an intersection
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
On a crosswalk
Within 20 feet of crosswalk
Within 30 feet of any flashing beacon, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal
In an area which is posted for pedestrian use or within 30 feet of the edges of that area
On any railroad tracks or within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station. Also, if signs are posted, you may not park on the opposite side of the road if you are within 75 feet of the fire station entrance
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping or parking would block traffic
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street (this means that you cannot double park)
On any bridge or other elevated highway structure or in a highway tunnel
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping
On the shoulder of any interstate highway. These areas may be used only if your vehicle breaks down or you are in physical distress
Red painted curbs or red zones
49. When you travel through a work zone, what are three tips to remember?
Adjust your speed to the road conditions
Adjust your lane position away from workers and equipment
