Stop intersection markings — North Dakota Permit Test
Stop intersection markings on the North Dakota permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Stop lines are wide, white lines that show you where to stop your vehicle before entering an intersection.
Stopping at the line keeps your car out of the crosswalk and out of the way of turning traffic.
STOP LINES are wide, white lines that show you where to stop your vehicle before entering an intersection.
Where there are no lines at an intersection, you must stop before entering the crosswalk (sidewalk area), or, if there is no crosswalk, before your vehicle enters the intersection.
A crosswalk exists at a corner even when it is not painted, and people walking there expect you to stop short of it.
Where there are no lines at an intersection, you must stop your vehicle before entering the crosswalk (sidewalk area) or, if there is no crosswalk, you must stop before your vehicle enters the intersection.
Crosswalk lines are a pair of white lines or longitudinal lines that mark where pedestrians will walk.
Seeing the lines tells you exactly where to look for people on foot before you move.
CROSSWALK LINES are a pair of white lines or longitudinal lines that mark where pedestrians will walk.
Do not block the crosswalk with your vehicle.
A car parked across the crosswalk pushes walkers, wheelchairs and strollers out into moving traffic.
Do not block the crosswalk with your vehicle.
When stop lines and crosswalk lines are used together, you must stop before crossing the stop line.
The stop line sits back from the crosswalk so that walkers and turning trucks have room in front of you.
When stop lines and crosswalk lines are used together, you must stop your vehicle before crossing the stop line.
On the test
What do stop lines at an intersection look like?
Wide white lines. Stopping at the line keeps your car out of the crosswalk and out of the way of turning traffic. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.17: “STOP LINES are wide, white lines that show you where to stop your vehicle before entering an intersection.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pdf (North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025-2027, Revised 2025, North Dakota Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/noncommercial-driver-license-manual (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/driver-license (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark for the Class D knowledge test)
- https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/37-03-01.pdf (N.D. Admin. Code chapter 37-03-01 and the rest of article 37-03, read 2026-10-04; states no knowledge-test figure)
- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c06.pdf (NDCC chapter 39-06, read 2026-10-04; section 39-06-13 sets what the examination covers and states no figure)