Look to sides intersections — South Dakota Permit Test

An intersection is any place where traffic merges or crosses, including side streets, driveways, and shopping center or parking lot entrances.

A driver who thinks only big crossroads count rolls past a driveway just as a car backs out.

Intersections are any place where traffic merges or crosses.

If stopped at an intersection, look both left and right just before you start moving.

The road that was clear when you stopped may now hold a car speeding toward you from the side.

If stopped, look to both the left and right just before you start moving.

Before moving, look across the intersection to make sure the path is clear all the way through and you will not block it if you must stop.

Pulling in behind stopped traffic can leave you stuck across the lanes when cross traffic gets a green.

Look across the intersection before you start to move to make sure the path is clear all the way through the intersection and that you will not block it if you must stop.

Before turning left across oncoming traffic, look for a safe gap, check the street you are turning onto, and look once more toward oncoming traffic.

A walker in the crosswalk can leave you stopped mid-turn, square in the path of an oncoming car.

Look one more time in the direction of oncoming traffic before turning.

Before turning right, make sure no traffic is coming from the left, no oncoming car is turning left into your path, and no pedestrian is crossing where you will turn.

A right turn made while watching only the left can hit a person crossing the street you turn onto.

Before turning right, make sure that there is no traffic approaching from the left and no oncoming traffic turning left into your path.

Look left and right at an intersection even if other traffic has a red light or stop sign, especially just after your light turns green.

Someone racing to beat the red can be in the middle of the intersection the instant your light goes green.

This is especially important just after the light has turned green.

If you are stopped and your view of a cross street is blocked, edge forward slowly until you can see.

Pulling out blind puts your car in the lane before a crossing driver has any chance to see you.

If you were stopped and your view of a cross street is blocked, edge forward slowly until you can see.

Which of these does the manual count as an intersection?

A shopping center or parking lot entrance. A driver who thinks only big crossroads count rolls past a driveway just as a car backs out. South Dakota Driver License Manual, p.48: “Intersections are any place where traffic merges or crosses.”