Stopping at stop signs — Minnesota Permit Test
Stopping at stop signs on the Minnesota permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Come to a complete stop at stop signs.
A rolling stop looks the same from inside the car and tells everyone else you are still coming.
Come to a complete stop at stop signs.
Where there is a marked stop line, stop before the line.
The line is drawn where a driver on the cross street can see you without being in front of you.
If there is a marked stop line, stop before the line.
Where there is a pedestrian crosswalk, stop before entering the crosswalk.
Stopping on the crosswalk sends the person on foot around your car and into the traffic lane.
If there is a pedestrian crosswalk, stop before entering the crosswalk.
After stopping, yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists and traffic before you go.
The stop is only half of it. The other half is letting everything that was already moving go first.
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists and traffic before proceeding.
Where your view of the intersection is blocked, be prepared to stop again for traffic or pedestrians in your path.
The first stop was where the sign is. The second is where you can actually see down the road.
If your view of the intersection is obstructed, be prepared to stop again for traffic or pedestrians in your path.
On the test
What does a stop sign require in Minnesota?
A complete stop of the vehicle. A rolling stop looks the same from inside the car and tells everyone else you are still coming. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.41: “Come to a complete stop at stop signs.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from