Crossing an intersection — Oklahoma Permit Test

Crossing an intersection on the Oklahoma permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Slow down before you enter an intersection, then increase your speed until you have cleared it; do not slow down while you are turning or crossing.

Braking in the middle of a crossing leaves you longest in the path of cross traffic and surprises the driver behind you.

Slow down before you enter, then increase your speed until you’ve cleared the intersection.

Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.30

Before you enter an intersection, slow down, look both ways and look left again.

Traffic from the left reaches your lane first, so a second look that way catches a car that appeared during your look right.

Always slow down, look both ways and look left again before you enter an intersection.

Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.30

If your view is blocked so that you can't see traffic on the side street, slow down so that you can stop if a car is coming.

A hedge or parked truck can hide a car until it is in front of you, so you need speed low enough to stop in what you can see.

If your view is blocked so that you can’t see traffic on the side street, slow down so that you can stop if a car is coming.

Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.30

If traffic is stopped and is blocking an intersection, stop before reaching the crosswalk and wait for the traffic to move.

A car stuck in the middle when the light changes blocks the cross traffic and the people in the crosswalk.

If traffic is stopped and is blocking an intersection, stop before reaching the crosswalk and wait for the traffic to move.

Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.30

On the test

When should you slow down for an intersection you are crossing?

Before you enter it. Braking in the middle of a crossing leaves you longest in the path of cross traffic and surprises the driver behind you. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.30: “Slow down before you enter, then increase your speed until you’ve cleared the intersection.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Oklahoma Driver Manual, published by the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.