Crosswalks and pedestrians — Arkansas Permit Test
Crosswalks and pedestrians on the Arkansas permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
In Arkansas, a driver must yield to pedestrians in or about to enter a crosswalk.
A person on foot has no protection at all, so a driver has to stop before they are in the car's path.
A driver must yield to pedestrians in or about to enter a crosswalk.
In Arkansas, not all crosswalks are marked; drivers should watch for pedestrians when crossing intersections that do not have marked crosswalks.
People cross at corners whether or not paint is there, so a missing crosswalk does not mean nobody will step out.
Drivers should watch for pedestrians when crossing intersections that do not have marked crosswalks.
In Arkansas, pedestrians carrying a white cane or using a guide dog must be given absolute right of way.
A blind pedestrian cannot see your car coming, so every driver has to let them cross first.
Pedestrians carrying a white cane or using a guide dog must be given absolute right of way.
In Arkansas, do not use your horn near a pedestrian using a guide dog or carrying a white cane, as it could confuse or frighten a blind pedestrian.
A blind person crosses by sound, and a sudden blast can make them freeze or step the wrong way.
Do not use your horn as it could confuse or frighten a blind pedestrian.
In Arkansas, drivers crossing a sidewalk when entering or exiting a driveway, alley, or parking lot must yield to pedestrians.
Walkers on a sidewalk do not expect a car to cross it, and a wall or hedge can hide them until the last second.
Drivers crossing a sidewalk when entering or exiting a driveway, alley, or parking lot must yield to pedestrians.
In Arkansas, it is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it.
Sidewalks belong to people on foot, who have nowhere to go when a car comes along them.
It is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it.
On the test
At a crosswalk, which pedestrians must you yield to?
Those in it or about to enter it. A person on foot has no protection at all, so a driver has to stop before they are in the car's path. Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, p.34: “A driver must yield to pedestrians in or about to enter a crosswalk.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, published by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR.pdf (Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, Volume 1, Edition 10, October 2026, Arkansas State Police, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR-exam.txt (the text of the State Police's audio testing instructions, https://media.ark.org/dps/Audio-Testing-Instructions.pdf, read 2026-10-04; states the 20 correct answers that pass)
- https://dps.arkansas.gov/law-enforcement/arkansas-state-police/services-programs/driver-examination/ (read 2026-10-04; links the study guide and the audio testing instructions, states no count or mark)
- https://media.ark.org/dps/Non-Commercial-DL-Testing-Rules_Current-Effective-as-of-7.23.21.pdf (the State Police's Non-Commercial Driver's License Testing Rules, read 2026-10-04; Rule 1 sets the five-day retest wait and no figure)