You are pulling out of a driveway onto a public street. What does the manual require?
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A.
Proceed slowly; the traffic on the roadway must slow down and let you in.
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B.
Signal and merge into a gap without stopping, similar to an on-ramp.
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C.
Stop and yield to traffic on the roadway and to pedestrians. Correct
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D.
Yield only to vehicles approaching from your left before turning.
The answer is "Stop and yield to traffic on the roadway and to pedestrians."
A vehicle entering a roadway from a driveway or private road must stop and yield to traffic on the roadway and to pedestrians. Drivers who treat a driveway exit like a highway on-ramp (signal, look, merge) pick B; the rule at a driveway is stop first, then yield to everyone, not merge into a gap.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Proceed slowly; the traffic on the roadway must slow down and let you in.
The driver leaving the driveway is the one who must stop and yield, not the drivers already on the road. This answer turns a courtesy some roadway drivers show a merging car into a legal duty that the manual does not place on them.
B. Signal and merge into a gap without stopping, similar to an on-ramp.
A driveway exit is not a controlled merge; the manual specifically requires a full stop before entering the roadway. This answer carries the on-ramp technique across, forgetting that a ramp is built for merging and a driveway is not.
D. Yield only to vehicles approaching from your left before turning.
The manual names traffic and pedestrians together, not one direction of approach. This answer narrows the rule to the driver's-side lane, a shortcut that ignores the pedestrian side of the same requirement.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Right-of-Way," p.34..
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