Regulatory signs — New Jersey Permit Test
Regulatory signs on the New Jersey permit test — 8 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A driver must stop at an intersection controlled by a stop sign.
The stop is what buys the look, and the look is what the sign was put there for.
At an intersection with a stop sign.
At an intersection controlled by a yield sign a driver slows down and lets traffic on the crossing road go first, stopping if necessary.
Yield means fit in without making anybody else change what they were doing.
At an intersection controlled by a yield sign, a motorist must slow down and give the right-of-way to traffic on the intersecting roadway, stopping if necessary.
Where this sign is posted a driver may not make a right turn on a stop signal.
Some corners have a blind angle or a busy crossing, and the turn is taken away there.
Unless a No Turn on Red sign is posted, New Jersey law authorizes a right turn on a red light after a motorist comes to a full stop and checks for traffic.
Where a sign prohibits passing, a driver does not pass another vehicle.
The sign marks a stretch where the view runs out sooner than it looks like it does.
When a sign prohibits passing or center lines restrict passing.
A DO NOT ENTER sign carries words telling a driver not to drive into that roadway.
It is posted where the traffic beyond it is coming at you, most often at an exit ramp.
White square with red circle that has a white band horizontally across the center of the circle and the words “DO NOT ENTER” in white letters on the upper and lower parts of the circle.
A ONE WAY sign shows that traffic on that roadway moves in a single direction.
Turning against it puts a driver head-on into traffic that has the whole road.
One Way
A KEEP RIGHT sign tells a driver to pass to the right of what is ahead in the road.
Both sides look open from a distance. The sign says which one is the road.
Keep Right
A WRONG WAY sign tells a driver they are facing traffic coming toward them and must not go on.
It is the second warning after DO NOT ENTER, and it is the last one a driver gets.
Wrong Way
On the test
What must a driver do at the sign shown?
Stop at the intersection. The stop is what buys the look, and the look is what the sign was put there for. New Jersey Driver Manual, p.75: “At an intersection with a stop sign.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Jersey Driver Manual, published by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.