How many license points does New York add to your record for failing to yield the right-of-way?
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A.
8
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B.
2
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C.
3 Correct
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D.
5
The answer is "3"
The manual's point schedule charges failure to yield the right-of-way at three points, the same weight it gives to red-light and STOP-sign disobedience. Drivers often reach for five because a failure-to-yield crash feels heavier than a routine intersection ticket, so they pull the number up into the mid-tier band the manual reserves for reckless driving and railroad crossings.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 8
Eight points is reserved for school-bus and construction-zone violations, not for general yielding offenses. This answer applies the heaviest sign-related weight in the table without matching it to the specific yielding row.
B. 2
The two-point weight belongs to lighter catch-all rows like disobeying a traffic control device or failure to signal. This answer treats a yielding offense as a low-tier device violation instead of its own charged line item on the schedule.
D. 5
Five points is the mid-tier weight for railroad crossings, reckless driving, and similar categories on the same manual page. This answer reaches for a heavier weight because a failure-to-yield crash feels more serious than a plain intersection ticket.
This question tests your knowledge of Licensing Process in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "The Point System," p.22..
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