Rules of the Road — South Carolina Driver's License Practice Test

This South Carolina Driver's License Rules of the Road practice set has 45 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 80% on the real South Carolina Driver's License knowledge test to pass.

Sample questions

Three questions from the Rules of the Road bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.

1. At an intersection, when can you assume you automatically have the right-of-way?

   • Never — you must always consider the situation and circumstances at each intersection — Correct answer
   • Whenever you are driving on the larger road
   • Whenever you are traveling at the speed limit
   • Whenever you arrive at a green light

   Explanation: No one should assume he or she automatically has the right-of-way; the situation and circumstances at each intersection must always be considered.

   Handbook: Rules of the Road — Yielding Right-of-Way

2. You are about to enter an intersection but a bicyclist is still crossing it. What should you do?

   • Yield the right-of-way to the bicyclist who is still in the intersection — Correct answer
   • Proceed, because vehicles have priority over bicycles
   • Honk so the bicyclist clears the intersection faster
   • Drive around the bicyclist without slowing down

   Explanation: You must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, and other drivers who are still in the intersection.

   Handbook: Rules of the Road — Yielding Right-of-Way

3. Under the First Car Rule, who has the right-of-way at an intersection?

   • The driver who is at or arrives before you at the intersection — Correct answer
   • The driver in the larger vehicle
   • The driver traveling at the higher speed
   • The driver on your left in every case

   Explanation: You must yield to the driver who is at or arrives before you at the intersection.

   Handbook: Rules of the Road — Yielding Right-of-Way