White canes and guide dogs — Connecticut Permit Test

White canes and guide dogs on the Connecticut permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

You must give the right-of-way to a pedestrian with a guide dog or carrying a white cane, with or without a colored tip.

They cannot see you decide to go. The right-of-way has to sit with the person who cannot check.

You must give the right-of-way to a pedestrian with a guide dog or who is carrying a white cane, with or without a colored tip.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16

At regulated intersections, stay stopped until the pedestrian with a guide dog or white cane is out of the road, even if you have a green light.

A green light tells you the way is clear. It tells them nothing, and they are still in the road.

At regulated intersections, remain stopped until the pedestrian is out of the road, even if you have a green light.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16

Do not use your horn near a blind pedestrian, because it can confuse or frighten them.

A pedestrian navigating by sound has the sound taken away. A horn does not warn them, it disorients them.

Do not use your horn because it could confuse or frighten the pedestrian.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.36

On the test

Who must a driver give the right-of-way to?

A pedestrian carrying a white cane. They cannot see you decide to go. The right-of-way has to sit with the person who cannot check. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16: “You must give the right-of-way to a pedestrian with a guide dog or who is carrying a white cane, with or without a colored tip.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.