Intersections — Wisconsin Permit Test

An intersection is where two paths cross, and includes cross streets, driveways, parking lot entrances and railroad crossings.

A driveway is an intersection even without a line painted at it. Drivers who only watch for crossroads miss the ones they use most.

Intersections include cross streets, driveways, parking lot entrances and railroad crossings.

Trees, buildings and parked vehicles can block the view at an intersection, so a blocked intersection is approached at a slow pace.

You cannot look around a parked van, so you have to buy time instead. Slow is what buys it.

Approach a blocked intersection at a slow pace.

A driver searches left, right and left again before going through an intersection, even with the right-of-way.

The second look left covers the car that started moving while you were looking right. Having the right-of-way stops nothing on its own.

Be alert by searching left, right and left again before going through the intersection even if you have the right-of-way.

A driver looks across an intersection for a clear path before entering it.

Stopping halfway across blocks the traffic that has the green. Look for the space you will end up in, not just the space you are crossing.

Look across the intersection to see if there is a clear path to where you would like to go.

Which of these counts as an intersection in Wisconsin?

A driveway meeting the road. A driveway is an intersection even without a line painted at it. Drivers who only watch for crossroads miss the ones they use most. Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.11: “Intersections include cross streets, driveways, parking lot entrances and railroad crossings.”