Colorado Right-of-Way practice test

Key Colorado facts: Right-of-Way

• The law says who must yield but gives no one the right-of-way, even on a green light; drivers must yield to pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers already in an intersection they approach. Right-of-Way, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)
• A driver who merges into or crosses a marked bike lane to turn must give way to bicyclists riding in it. Right-of-Way, Bicycles, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)
• Bicyclists riding on a sidewalk or in a crosswalk have the same rights and responsibilities as pedestrians. Right-of-Way, Bicycles, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)
• Before turning left, a driver gives way to all oncoming traffic, except with a green arrow or after arriving first at a four-way stop. Right-of-Way, Turning left, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)
• When changing lanes, passing or merging, yield to vehicles already in the lane; do not change lanes or merge if another vehicle must slow down for you. Right-of-Way, Changing lanes and passing; Merging, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

Sample Right-of-Way questions

You want to change lanes, but the car in that lane would have to slow down for you. What should you do?

• Honk so the driver slows
• Speed up and cut in quickly
• Signal and move over anyway
• Wait and do not change lanes yet

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Wait and do not change lanes yet

Yield to vehicles already in the lane. Do not change lanes or merge if another driver must slow down for you.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, Changing lanes and passing; Merging, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

Why should you never turn in front of an approaching light rail train?

• It runs only on weekends
• It can steer around you
• It must always yield to cars
• It cannot stop quickly

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It cannot stop quickly

A light rail car weighs up to 40 tons and cannot stop quickly.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Light Rail, printed p. 21 (PDF p. 24)

On a four-lane road with no median, a school bus stops with red lights flashing. Who must stop?

• No one, if no children are seen
• Only traffic behind the bus
• Traffic in both directions
• Only the lane next to the bus

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Traffic in both directions

With no median on a four-lane road, drivers going both ways must stop. Opposite traffic may keep going on a divided highway with a median, or past a shared center turn lane on a road of five or more lanes.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), School Buses, printed p. 20 (PDF p. 23)

A bicyclist is riding across the street in a crosswalk. How should you treat the rider?

• As a vehicle with no right-of-way
• As someone breaking the law
• As a car that must wait for you
• With the same rights as a pedestrian

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With the same rights as a pedestrian

Bicyclists on a sidewalk or in a crosswalk have the same rights and responsibilities as pedestrians.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, Bicycles, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

A school bus ahead has stopped with its red lights flashing. What is the closest you may stop to it?

• 10 feet
• 2 feet
• 20 feet
• 5 feet

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20 feet

Stop at least 20 feet before the bus and stay stopped until the red lights stop flashing.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, School bus, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14); School Buses, printed p. 20 (PDF p. 23)

Two large trucks enter a Colorado roundabout at the same time. Which driver must yield?

• Neither; they go together
• The one on the left, to the one on the right
• The one on the right, to the one on the left
• Whichever truck is shorter

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The one on the right, to the one on the left

When two large vehicles meet in a roundabout, the driver on the right yields to the driver on the left.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Lane Controls, Roundabout lane, printed p. 10 (PDF p. 13)

A transit bus is signaling to pull into your lane and the yield sign on its back is lit. What must you do?

• Speed up to pass it
• Move into the bus stop
• Honk and keep your speed
• Let the bus enter the lane

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Let the bus enter the lane

Yield to a transit bus signaling to enter traffic when the yield sign on its rear is lit.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, Transit buses, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

You are turning left. When do you not have to yield to oncoming traffic?

• When you signaled well in advance
• When your light is a solid green
• When you have a green arrow
• When the oncoming cars are slow

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When you have a green arrow

Oncoming traffic goes first unless you have a green arrow or got to a four-way stop before the other driver.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, Turning left, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

Your light is green. Does that give you the right-of-way over everyone?

• Yes, a green light always gives you priority
• Only pedestrians lose their priority on green
• No, you must still yield to those already in the intersection
• Yes, unless a police officer is present

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No, you must still yield to those already in the intersection

The law says who must yield but gives no one the right-of-way. Yield to pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers already in the intersection.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

You are turning right across a bike lane with a bicyclist in it. Who must yield?

• You, the driver
• Whoever signaled first
• The bicyclist
• Whoever is going faster

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You, the driver

When you merge into or cross a marked bike lane to turn, you must give way to bicyclists in it.

Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), Right-of-Way, Bicycles, printed p. 11 (PDF p. 14)

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About these questions

We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025 (file DR_2337_Jan2025.pdf, footer DR 2337 (12/05/24), PDF created 2024-12-04, 36 pages), linked from https://dmv.colorado.gov/drivereducation. dmv.colorado.gov refuses automated requests (Cloudflare 403), so the owner supplied the file; read 2026-11-09. Citations give the printed page and the PDF page (PDF page = printed page + 3). PDF pages 23 (printed p. 20) and 33 also carry hidden, off-page text left over from an older edition (sections 13.3-13.5 and 15.5-16, e.g. school bus fines of up to $300 and six points); it is not visible on the page and no fact is taken from it. Where the handbook is silent, DMV pages (dmv.colorado.gov, read 2026-11-09 through a fetch tool), the Code of Colorado Regulations (1 CCR 204-30, Rule 8) and signed acts on leg.colorado.gov are the source. Statute checks used the 2024 compilation of C.R.S. title 42 (as republished by colorado.public.law, not an official host, so it is not cited) together with the 2024-2026 bills that changed it. edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.

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