Yielding when turning and entering — Massachusetts Permit Test
Yielding when turning and entering on the Massachusetts permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
When making any left turn you must yield to any oncoming vehicle, any vehicle already in the intersection, and pedestrians or bicyclists crossing your path.
A left turn crosses everything. Three separate groups have the right-of-way over it.
When making any left turn, you must first yield the right-of-way to any... • Oncoming vehicle • Vehicle already in the intersection • Pedestrians or bicyclists crossing your intended path of travel
When entering a paved thoroughfare from a private road, a driveway, or an unpaved road, you must stop.
Nothing marks the end of a driveway, so the rule does it. The stop comes before the look.
When entering a paved thoroughfare from a private road, a driveway, or an unpaved road, you must stop.
After stopping at the end of a driveway or unpaved road, give the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, or vehicles on the road you are entering.
Everything already on the road goes first, including the person walking along the sidewalk you are about to cross.
You must then give the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, or vehicles on the road you are entering.
On a designated throughway you must yield to traffic on the throughway before you turn.
The throughway is the road that keeps moving. Turning onto it means fitting into what is already there.
On a designated throughway, you must yield the right-of-way to traffic on the throughway before you turn.
On a single or two-lane road meeting a divided highway or a road with three or more lanes, you must yield the right-of-way.
The bigger road carries more traffic at higher speed, and it cannot see a small road coming as easily as you can see it.
If you are on a single or two-lane road and come to an intersection with a divided highway or a roadway with three or more lanes, you must yield the right-of-way.
Oncoming traffic has the right-of-way whether or not somebody is waving you across.
A wave from a stopped driver cannot see the lane beyond them. Courtesy crashes are what this is called.
Keep in mind that oncoming traffic has the right-of-way, regardless of whether someone is waving at you.
On the test
Who must a driver yield to when turning left?
Oncoming vehicles, vehicles in the intersection, and crossing pedestrians or bicyclists. A left turn crosses everything. Three separate groups have the right-of-way over it. Massachusetts Driver's Manual, p.100: “When making any left turn, you must first yield the right-of-way to any... • Oncoming vehicle • Vehicle already in the intersection • Pedestrians or bicyclists crossing your intended path of travel”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Massachusetts Driver's Manual, published by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MA.pdf (Massachusetts Driver's Manual, Revised April 2026, Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 from mass.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MA.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 8, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)