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Sample questions for Virginia

Three sample questions from our practice bank. Read the explanation after each.

1. Question 1 · Traffic signals

   At a red light in Virginia, you must do what?

   • Come to a complete stop at the stop line or before the crosswalk
   • Yield only to pedestrians
   • Slow down and proceed with caution
   • Stop only if other traffic is present
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   Correct answer: Come to a complete stop at the stop line or before the crosswalk

   Stop fully at the line or crosswalk on a red light.

2. Question 2 · Right of way

   Drivers entering a Virginia interstate from an entrance ramp must yield the right of way to whom?

   • Traffic already on the highway
   • No one
   • Only trucks
   • Only emergency vehicles
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   Correct answer: Traffic already on the highway

   Merging onto a highway? Yield to traffic already on it.

3. Question 3 · Right of way

   In Virginia, when is a left turn on red permitted?

   • You are on a one-way street turning left onto another one-way street
   • Never — left on red is always illegal
   • Any time after stopping
   • Only at night
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   Correct answer: You are on a one-way street turning left onto another one-way street

   Left on red only from a one-way street onto another one-way street.

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