Scanning intersections — Delaware Permit Test

Intersections are any place where traffic merges or crosses, including driveways and shopping center or parking lot entrances.

A driver who watches only for cross streets is surprised by a car pulling out of a store lot.

Intersections are any place where traffic merges or crosses.

Before you start to move, look across the intersection to make sure the path is clear all the way through and you will not block it if you have to stop.

A car that pulls out and stops halfway leaves its tail in the cross traffic's lane.

Look across the intersection before you start to move to make sure the path is clear all the way through the intersection, and you will not block it if you have to stop.

Before turning left across oncoming traffic, look one more time toward oncoming traffic before you turn.

A car that was far away when you first looked may be right on top of you by the time you go.

Look one more time in the direction of oncoming traffic before you turn.

Look left and right even when cross traffic has a red light or stop sign, especially just after your light turns green, when cross traffic is most likely to hurry through.

The driver who runs the red is most often the one who reaches the corner just as it changes.

This is especially important just after the light has turned green.

If you are stopped and your view of a cross street is blocked, edge forward slowly until you can see.

Pulling out blind past a parked van puts your car straight into the path of crossing traffic.

If you were stopped and your view of a cross street is blocked, edge forward slowly until you can see.

Which of these does the manual count as an intersection?

A shopping center entrance. A driver who watches only for cross streets is surprised by a car pulling out of a store lot. Delaware Driver Manual, p.117: “Intersections are any place where traffic merges or crosses.”