Idaho Right-of-Way practice test

Practice who goes first at intersections, crosswalks and roundabouts: 31 questions based on the Idaho Driver's Handbook, 13 of them on Idaho's own rules.

Key Idaho facts: Right-of-Way

Sample Right-of-Way questions

On a two-lane road, you approach a police car stopped with its lights flashing. What does Idaho law require?

  • Keep your speed but stay alert
  • Stop until the officer waves you on
  • Slow below the posted limit
  • Cross the center line to pass it
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Slow below the posted limit

Keep a safe speed until you are completely past it.

Source: Idaho Code, Idaho Code 49-624; Emergency Vehicles, PDF p. 95

On a four-lane highway, you approach a tow truck stopped on the shoulder with lights flashing. What must you do?

  • Slow below the limit and move out of the next lane
  • Keep your speed and stay in your current lane
  • Stop on the shoulder behind the tow truck
  • Speed up so you get past the scene more quickly
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Slow below the limit and move out of the next lane

Change lanes only when it is safe to do so.

Source: Idaho Code, Idaho Code 49-624; Emergency Vehicles, PDF p. 95

What is the fine for a first offense of illegally passing a stopped school bus in Idaho?

  • $75
  • $300
  • $1,000
  • $150
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$300

A second offense within five years is a misdemeanor.

Source: Idaho Code, Idaho Code 49-1422(1)

A fire truck answering an alarm passes you. How close may you follow it?

  • No closer than 100 feet
  • No closer than 500 feet
  • No closer than 200 feet
  • As close as traffic allows
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No closer than 500 feet

You also may not stop within 500 feet of a fire truck stopped at a fire.

Source: Idaho Code, Idaho Code 49-626

What should you do when you meet a funeral procession at an intersection?

  • Yield and let it pass
  • Join the end of it
  • Drive between its cars
  • Go if your light is green
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Yield and let it pass

Do not cross its path even if your light is green.

Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, Funeral Processions, PDF p. 78

When may oncoming traffic in Idaho pass a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing?

  • On a highway of more than three lanes
  • On any two-lane road with a center line
  • When no children are visible near the bus
  • On any road outside a city
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On a highway of more than three lanes

Traffic behind the bus must always stop.

Source: Idaho Code, Idaho Code 49-1422(1); Stopping, PDF p. 70

You meet a school bus with flashing red lights on an undivided two-lane road. What must you do?

  • Sound your horn and pass the bus slowly
  • Stop until the bus moves or the lights go off
  • Slow to 15 mph and pass the bus carefully
  • Stop only if you are traveling behind it
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Stop until the bus moves or the lights go off

Oncoming traffic must stop on roads of three lanes or fewer.

Source: Idaho Code, Idaho Code 49-1422(1); Stopping, PDF p. 70

A herd of cattle is being moved along a rural Idaho road. Who has the right-of-way?

  • Whoever is moving faster
  • You, on a paved road
  • You, if you use your horn
  • The livestock
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The livestock

Go slowly and cooperate with the people moving the herd.

Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, Open Range, PDF p. 108

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About these questions

We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Idaho Driver's Handbook (Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026 edition (cover dated JULY 2026; driver_manual.pdf in ITD's 2026/04 uploads, 139 PDF pages, form number 01-9530906 on the back cover), the handbook linked from ITD's 'Taking the Driver's Test' guide, read 2026-11-10. The older upload path (wp-content/uploads/2016/06/driver_manual.pdf) served a byte-identical file on 2026-11-10. Page numbers cited are PDF pages, which equal the printed page numbers. PDF page 67 (highway map) and the sign illustrations have no text and were not used. Page 2 states that the handbook paraphrases Idaho statutes and that courts follow the statutes, so every legal rule used in questions was checked against the Idaho Code on legislature.idaho.gov (Title 49, Title 18 chapter 80 and 23-505, read 2026-11-10, with the 2026 amendment history shown on each section). Questions follow the statute. Out-of-date or inconsistent handbook statements and how they were handled: (1) Cell phones (PDF pp. 92-93) describe only a ban on reading, writing or sending text messages, with no points and a moving violation only for commercial drivers. Since July 1, 2020 (fines from January 1, 2021) Idaho Code 49-1401A bans operating a motor vehicle while using any mobile electronic device, including while stopped in traffic, except hands-free or voice use with one touch, emergency calls and hands-free navigation; it is a moving infraction ($75, $150 for a second within three years, $300 after that), three convictions in three years allow a court suspension up to 90 days, a first conviction carries no points, and it is a primary offense. Questions follow the statute; no question uses the handbook's texting-only description. (2) Signal timing: PDF p. 72 says five seconds 'on freeways or highways' and PDF p. 87 'five seconds or 100 feet'; Idaho Code 49-808(2) requires five seconds on controlled-access highways and when leaving a parked position, and the last 100 feet in all other cases. Questions use the statute (100 feet on city streets, five seconds on freeways); signal_before_turn_ft is 100. (3) High-beam dimming: PDF p. 43 says dim 200 feet before overtaking; Idaho Code 49-923(3) requires low beams when following within 200 feet except while actually overtaking and passing. Questions and dim_following_ft use the statute's wording. (4) School bus: PDF p. 70 says opposing traffic need not stop on highways with four or more lanes and two lanes in each direction; Idaho Code 49-1422(1) exempts oncoming traffic on a highway of more than three lanes. The question uses the statute. (5) Passing speed exception (PDF p. 77) covers only two-lane roads; 2026 amendments to Idaho Code 49-654(2)(b) also allow it in passing lanes posted 55 mph or more outside cities. The question is limited to the two-lane case, which both state. (6) Freeway speeds: PDF pp. 83 and 85 say up to 80 mph on rural and 65 mph on urban interstates; Idaho Code 49-654(2)(a) sets 75 mph on interstates unless posted (80 after a study) and 35 mph in urban districts unless posted. Questions use the statute's defaults (PDF p. 68 matches it). (7) Skills test order: PDF p. 33 says the knowledge and skills tests may be taken in either order, while ITD's 'Taking the Driver's Test' page says the knowledge test must be passed first except by applicants under 17 on a supervised instruction permit; not tested. (8) The handbook's bicycle passing distance of at least three feet (PDF pp. 98, 101) is advice; Idaho Code 49-632(1) requires only a safe distance, so bicycle_pass_ft is left open and the one question on it asks what the handbook recommends. (9) Seat belts (PDF p. 41: all occupants) are limited by Idaho Code 49-673 to vehicles up to 8,000 pounds, with secondary enforcement and a $10 fine; the question reflects the statute. Insurance minimums (25/50/15) are not in the handbook and come from Idaho Code 49-117(20) and 49-1229. DUI, test refusal and administrative suspension penalties (PDF pp. 125-127, 131-132), crash reporting over $1,500 (PDF pp. 119, 121), parking distances (PDF p. 81), railroad stopping distance (PDF p. 60), move-over (PDF p. 95), the GDL rules (PDF pp. 15-19) and GDL penalties (PDF p. 125) match the current statutes. edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.

DMV Decoded is an independent guide, not a government agency. This practice test is not connected to the Idaho Transportation Department, Division of Motor Vehicles, and your actual test will have different questions. Study the handbook, and check the agency's website for current rules.