Right-of-Way, Lanes, Expressways, Passing, Turning and Backing: Right-of-Way as Something Given, Children in the Street, Stopping 15 Feet From a Blind Pedestrian, Funeral Processions With Headlights On, Every Situation Where You Must Yield, Pulling Right for Emergency Vehicles and Officers, Who Goes First at Intersections, Crossing Without Slowing in the Middle, Stopping for School and Church Buses and the One-Year Revocation, the Bernardo-Mills Move Over Law and Incident Scenes, Reading Yellow and White Lines on Two-, Three- and Four-Lane Roads, Changing Lanes, Expressway Speeds From 40 to 75, Three and Four Seconds and 15 to 20 Seconds Ahead, Entering and Leaving With a 100-Foot Signal, Passing on the Left With 200 Feet Clear, Passing on the Right, No-Passing Zones and 100 Feet From an Obstructed View, Being Passed, Signaling 100 Feet or a Third of a Block, Arm Signals, the Six Steps of a Turn, Left and Right Turn Positions, Turning on One-Way Streets, and Backing Without the Mirror

Written for aiforu2 as the source for a practice-test bank and the on-device tutor for the Oklahoma Class D driver license written test. The facts follow the official manual; the wording is ours.

Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (Service Oklahoma, November 2025), Chapter 5 "Right-of-Way — When to Yield" (pages 28–31) and Chapter 6 "Lane Usage and Maneuvers" (pages 32–39).

Right-of-way

Right-of-way laws control who goes and who waits where everyone cannot cross at once, help fix fault after a collision, and apply to all people and vehicles including bicyclists. Put safety first: when others break the rules, yield even when the right-of-way is yours if damage or injury is possible; decide the right-of-way before entering an intersection, and if another driver yields to you, go at once; make eye contact so the other driver sees you; think of the right-of-way as something to be given, not taken. You must yield to children playing in the street, who forget safety for a puppy or a ball and forget to slow or signal on their bicycles; drive with extreme caution and slow near schools, playgrounds and residential areas. You must yield to a blind person crossing, who usually has a guide dog or a cane that is all white, white with a red tip or chrome, tapped ahead on the pavement: stop immediately and let the person pass, stop outside the crosswalk rather than in it, and stop 15 feet from a blind person in the road or at an intersection. You must yield to a funeral procession: once the lead vehicle enters an intersection the rest may follow regardless of traffic controls, and all its vehicles keep their headlights on to signal others not to drive between or interfere. You must always yield when entering or crossing a highway without signs or signals (stop, yield to approaching traffic and go only when safe); at a stop sign (stop before the crosswalk, yield to pedestrians and vehicles in or approaching the intersection); at a yield sign (slow to a reasonable speed, ready to stop for approaching vehicles or pedestrians); to pedestrians crossing at marked or unmarked crosswalks, especially in school zones and busy pedestrian areas; when turning left, to all oncoming traffic, slowing or stopping and going only with enough clear distance; when entering or crossing a public road from a private road, alley, driveway or building (stop before the sidewalk or crosswalk); and to emergency vehicles, police cars, fire engines and ambulances sounding a siren and/or flashing lights, by pulling to the right edge clear of intersections and stopping until they pass, or in heavy traffic clearing a path. If an officer signals you to stop while you are in the left lane, you still pull to the right shoulder, even across several lanes; you need not yield to emergency vehicles without warning lights or sirens; and you must move to the left lane or slow down for any vehicle on the side of the highway, including emergency, law enforcement and maintenance vehicles and cars with flashing hazards. At four-way stops and uncontrolled intersections the vehicle that entered first has the right-of-way, and when two arrive together the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.

Crossing intersections, school buses and moving over

More collisions and injuries happen at intersections than anywhere else: always slow, look both ways and look left again before entering; slow before entering, then increase speed until you have cleared it, never slowing while turning or crossing. If your view of a side street is blocked, slow enough to stop for a car; if stopped traffic blocks the intersection, stop before the crosswalk and wait. Near a school bus be ready to slow and stop: a bus with flashing red lights and/or a red STOP sign means children are getting on or off and you must stop and stay stopped until the bus moves, the driver waves you on, or the red lights go off and the sign folds back; traffic in both directions must stop. You need not stop when the bus is on a different roadway, when it is stopped in a loading zone beside a controlled-access highway where pedestrians may not cross, or when you are approaching traffic on a divided highway. Failing to stop for a school bus with red loading lights flashing brings mandatory revocation of your license for one year. Under the Bernardo-Mills Move Over law (47 O.S. § 11-314), approaching any stationary vehicle with flashing lights at the roadside, on a multi-lane road move into a lane not next to it if safe, or slow and drive carefully if you cannot; on a smaller or two-lane road, slow and drive carefully. This prevents secondary crashes, crashes caused by another crash or incident, often when a driver distracted by the sight of a crash takes their eyes off the road. A Traffic Incident Management scene, where responders, officers and tow operators are working, has advance warning, transition and activity areas; approach with caution, stay alert, move over if possible, slow down, follow responders' directions and do not rubberneck.

Lanes and lane changes

A lane is a strip of road wide enough for one line of vehicles, marked with white or yellow lines on paved roads and present even where unmarked, and you always drive in the proper lane. Yellow dashes separate opposite directions with passing permitted when safe; white dashes separate the same direction with passing permitted; solid yellow lines separate opposite directions and tell you that a solid yellow line on your left means you are on the proper side and that crossing it risks approaching vehicles or median obstacles, and single or double solid yellow lines mean do not pass, though you may cross them to turn left; a solid white line separates the same direction where passing is hazardous, as near an intersection or merge. A two-lane highway has a single broken yellow center line, and you drive right of it except to pass safely. A three-lane highway has a lane each way and a center lane, marked by a solid yellow line on each side with yellow dashes inside, that drivers from either direction use only for left turns and never for passing. A four-lane highway is split by two solid yellow lines, with the two lanes on each side divided by a dashed white line. Never change lanes until sure it is safe: watch for clearance ahead and behind, check the rearview mirrors, signal, look over your shoulder toward the new lane, look behind to both sides again, check the blind spots and stay clear of the blind spots of the vehicle ahead; when a driver ahead signals a lane change, slow and leave space.

Expressway driving

Oklahoma's limited-access highways, freeways, toll roads, throughways, turnpikes and expressways, allow uninterrupted higher-speed travel with no stop signs, signals or railroad crossings and few steep hills or sharp curves; you enter and leave only at interchanges, many with food, gas and lodging. Driving them is different and safer, with different rules. Speed: if your car is not in good condition or you cannot or will not drive at least the minimum, stay off; drive between the minimum (usually 40 mph) and maximum (55 to 75 mph), since driving too slowly is illegal and dangerous; keep a safe speed for conditions; hold a constant speed; adjust speed and lane so others can enter; and move right to let faster vehicles pass. Use the right lane when slower than traffic and the middle or left lanes when faster; stay in the middle of your lane and do not weave, which gains nothing; avoid traveling alongside others at the same speed, avoid packs, stay out of blind spots and never block the normal flow. Plan your entrance, direction and exit; stay 3 seconds behind the vehicle ahead, 4 in bad weather; watch 15 to 20 seconds ahead for braking, entering and exiting cars; obey the signs and move to the exit lane early; and never turn around or cross the median or divider on a controlled-access highway, but drive to the next exit and re-enter the other way. For a breakdown or emergency, signal and pull off to the extreme right shoulder away from traffic, turn on the flashers, and never walk near the roadway or let children near traffic. Entering, yield to vehicles already on the expressway, use the acceleration lane staying right, adjust speed, watch traffic, signal left and merge when safe, never entering at a sharp angle. Leaving, move to the proper lane well ahead, especially in heavy traffic, keep the speed of traffic until the exit, signal right at least 100 feet before the exit, and slow in the deceleration lane or ramp until you reach the posted ramp speed, checking the speedometer and never slowing on the main road or making a last-minute turnoff.

Passing

On a road with four or more lanes a vehicle may not impede the normal flow by driving in the left lane, though traffic flow or road configuration such as merging traffic can justify using other lanes; you may never exceed the speed limit to pass. Passing on the left: do not move left until sure it is safe, with at least 200 feet of clear road ahead and no no-passing zone; never follow so closely that the vehicle, especially a truck or bus, blocks your view, but hang back until you can see far enough; make sure no one is passing or about to pass you by checking the mirror and your blind spots over your shoulder; signal left and move over when clear; pass and do not return until you see the passed car in your rearview mirror; then signal, pull right and cancel the signal. You may pass on the right when the road has two or more lanes each way with no parked cars or obstructions, on a one-way road, or when the vehicle ahead is making or about to make a left turn, but never by driving off the pavement or main part of the highway. You must not pass when the solid yellow line is in your lane, whether two solid lines or a solid beside a dashed line, or on hills or curves even if unmarked, and never within 100 feet of an obstructed view or where vehicles or pedestrians might cross your path: bridges, viaducts, tunnels, overpasses, railroad crossings, intersections and crosswalks. When someone passes you, keep everyone safe by helping, stay in your lane and move right when passed on the left, never speed up, and if a car approaches from the other direction, slow and let the passing driver pull in ahead of you.

Turning

Improper or illegal turns caused 4,813 collisions in 2008; turning demands attention in all directions, planning and timing. Signals warn others that you will turn, change lanes, slow, pull off or onto the road or stop; turning without signaling is illegal, and you signal for at least 100 feet or one third of a block before turning, slowing or stopping, with the car's indicators or arm signals, bringing the arm in during the turn itself: arm straight out for a left turn, arm and hand pointed up for a right turn, arm and hand pointed down with the palm to the rear for slowing or stopping. The six steps: signal; look behind and to both sides; move into the correct lane as early as possible, sooner in faster traffic; slow before the stop line or crosswalk if you are going too fast, select the gear before the intersection and accelerate slightly through the turn without braking, using the clutch or shifting in the intersection; make the turn correctly, easy when you are in the proper lane at a slow speed; and finish in the proper lane. Do not turn unless it is permitted and easy; do not turn from the wrong lane, but go to the next intersection or circle back; and when waiting to turn left, keep the wheels straight, because a rear-end hit with turned wheels pushes you into oncoming traffic. Turn left when oncoming traffic is clear while watching behind for cars trying to pass you. For a left turn: well ahead, look for following cars and move close to the center line, signaling the move; begin the turn signal and start slowing at least 100 feet from the corner; select the gear and look both ways; enter the new street just right of its center; then gradually move right. For a right turn: far before the corner move to the right side; signal and slow at least 100 feet out; select the gear and look both ways; keep as close as possible to the right, never swinging left before or during the turn. The recommended turning speed is 10 mph or less. When two drivers meet at an intersection both turning left, each turns to the left of the other, leaving from the left lane and entering the left lane. On one-way or divided streets, always turn from the lane nearest the curb; going straight you may use any lane, but the extreme right and left lanes are for turning, and you do not weave; where one-way streets cross, for example, westbound vehicles in the left lane may turn left and southbound vehicles in the right lane may turn right while others continue straight.

Backing

Backing is harder than driving forward because the car blocks your view and speed and direction are harder to control, and backing out of a parking place demands looking both ways and double-checking for cars and pedestrians. Check behind the car for bikes, tricycles and small children before you get in, especially with vans and pickups. Put your foot on the brake and shift to reverse; hold the wheel at the 12 o'clock position with your left hand, rest your right arm on the seat back and look directly through the rear window, never using the rearview mirror to back; accelerate gently and keep the speed slow, since the vehicle is much harder to steer in reverse; steer slightly in the direction the rear should move and back into the nearest lane for your direction; make quick checks front and sides when backing while turning; keep looking to the rear until fully stopped; and never back into an intersection to turn around, since driving around the block is far safer.

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