Question 1

A residential street in Arizona carries no speed limit signs at all. What speed applies?

Accepted Answer

25 mph. With nothing posted, business and residential districts default to 25 mph. No sign does not mean no limit. Official wording: "15 mph when approaching a school crosswalk. 25 mph in any business or residential district. 55 mph on open highways or city freeways. 65 mph on designated open highways. 75 mph on rural freeways." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 2

Portable signs are out on the road for a school crossing. What is the maximum speed from the first sign until you are past the school crossing sign?

Accepted Answer

15 mph. Fifteen miles per hour, and it applies across the whole stretch between the portable signs rather than at the crosswalk alone. Official wording: "The maximum speed from the first sign to past the school crossing sign is 15 mph." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 3

You have pulled completely off the highway to wait out a severe dust storm. What should you do with your lights?

Accepted Answer

Turn your lights off and take your foot off the brake. Arizona wants your lights off and your foot off the brake pedal once you are stopped clear of the road, so no light of yours is visible to a driver still moving in the dust. Official wording: "Turn off your lights and take your foot off the brake." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 4

Arizona's manual gives a counting rule for the gap to the vehicle ahead. What is it?

Accepted Answer

A three to six second cushion, depending on conditions. Arizona teaches a three-to-six second cushion. Three seconds is the floor for ordinary driving and poor conditions push you toward six. Official wording: "You can use the "3-6 second" rule to determine if you have enough cushion between you and the vehicle you are following." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 5

A school bus ahead of you on an undivided road has its red lights flashing and its stop arm out. What must you do?

Accepted Answer

Stop before reaching the bus, whichever direction you are travelling. On an undivided road you stop regardless of direction, and you stay stopped until the bus moves off or the arm and lights go out. Official wording: "When approaching a school bus that is picking up or dropping off passengers, you must come to a complete stop before reaching the bus, regardless of your direction of travel." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 6

Arizona's manual lists the speeds that apply where nothing is posted. What figure does it give for rural freeways?

Accepted Answer

75 mph. Seventy-five is the rural freeway figure in the manual's list, above the 65 mph it gives for designated open highways. Official wording: "15 mph when approaching a school crosswalk. 25 mph in any business or residential district. 55 mph on open highways or city freeways. 65 mph on designated open highways. 75 mph on rural freeways." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 7

How close to a crosswalk at an intersection may you park in Arizona?

Accepted Answer

No closer than twenty feet. Twenty feet is the figure, and parking on the crosswalk itself is prohibited outright. Official wording: "On a crosswalk or within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 8

You are behind a slow car as the road climbs toward a hillcrest. May you pass?

Accepted Answer

No - you may not pass approaching a curve or hilltop where you cannot see ahead. Arizona forbids passing on the approach to a curve or the top of a hill where you cannot see far enough to be sure the pass is safe. Official wording: "Approaching a curve or the top of a hill where you cannot see ahead to be sure of safe passing." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 9

A power cut has left the traffic signals at a busy intersection completely dark. How do you treat it?

Accepted Answer

As a four-way stop. A dead signal becomes a four-way stop in Arizona. Every driver stops, then proceeds when the roadway is clear. Official wording: "When approaching an intersection with an inoperative traffic control signal, treat it as you would a 4-way stop." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 10

Rain has just started falling on a Phoenix street after weeks of dry weather. When is the road most slippery?

Accepted Answer

During the first 30 minutes after the rain begins. The first half hour is the dangerous window. Grime and oil that have built up on the surface mix with the water and turn the road slick. Official wording: "Be extra careful during the 30 minutes after rain begins; grime and oil on the road surface mix with water and make the road slippery." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 11

You are about to enter a roundabout at the same moment a large truck is entering from another approach. What does Arizona require?

Accepted Answer

Yield to the truck as well as to traffic already circulating. Arizona has two yield duties at a roundabout, not one: yield to everything already inside, and yield to large vehicles entering at the same time as you. Official wording: "Vehicles approaching the roundabout must yield to all vehicles already in the roundabout and must yield to large vehicles that are entering the roundabout at the same time." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 12

Arizona allows motorcycle lane filtering past stopped vehicles in limited circumstances. What is the posted speed limit ceiling for the street?

Accepted Answer

45 mph. The street's posted limit must not exceed 45 mph. Above that, filtering is not permitted at all. Official wording: "The posted speed limit does not exceed 45 miles per hour." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 13

A fire engine is running to a call ahead of you with lights and siren. How far back must you stay?

Accepted Answer

At least 500 feet. Five hundred feet behind a fire department vehicle. The figure for a police vehicle responding to an emergency is 300 feet. Official wording: "The driver shall maintain a distance of at least 500 feet behind a fire department vehicle responding to an emergency and at least 300 feet behind a police vehicle responding to an emergency." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 14

A pedestrian crossing beacon over the road is showing flashing red lights. What do you do?

Accepted Answer

Stop, then proceed with caution once the pedestrian has cleared your half of the road. Flashing red at a pedestrian-activated crossing means stop, then go once the pedestrian has finished crossing the driver's half of the roadway. Official wording: "Flashing Red Lights - STOP. Then proceed with caution after pedestrian finishes crossing the driver's half of the roadway." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 15

Arizona law makes some speeding a criminal offence rather than a civil one. At what speed does that begin approaching a school crossing?

Accepted Answer

More than 35 mph. Exceeding 35 mph approaching a school crossing is criminal speeding under Arizona statute - a class 3 misdemeanour, not a ticket. Official wording: "Exceed thirty-five miles per hour approaching a school crossing." (Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 28).

Question 16

You are stopped at a red light on a one-way street, wanting to turn left onto another one-way street. What does Arizona allow?

Accepted Answer

You may make the turn on red after stopping and yielding, unless signs prohibit it. One-way to one-way is the single left-turn situation Arizona permits against a red light, after stopping and yielding to traffic and pedestrians. Official wording: "This is the only left turn situation where, unless signs prohibit it, you may make the turn against a red light after stopping and yielding to traffic and pedestrians." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 17

The car in the lane beside you has stopped for a pedestrian at a crossing. Your lane is clear and your light is green. What may you do?

Accepted Answer

You may not pass the stopped vehicle. Arizona forbids passing a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian, even where your own lane is clear and you have a green light. Official wording: "You may not pass another vehicle that is stopped for a pedestrian, even if you have a clear lane or a green traffic signal." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 18

Visibility is dropping fast in a dust storm and you decide to stop. Where does Arizona tell you to stop?

Accepted Answer

Completely off the highway, as far right as possible. Arizona wants you completely off the highway and as far right as you can get - not in a travel lane and not in the emergency lane. Official wording: "Do not stop in the travel lane or in the emergency lane." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 19

You are approaching a tow truck stopped on the shoulder with amber lights flashing. What does Arizona's Move Over Law require?

Accepted Answer

Move over one lane, or slow down if moving over is unsafe. Move over one lane to create a margin of space. Where changing lanes is impossible or unsafe, you slow down and proceed with caution instead. Official wording: "requires motorists to move over one lane to create a safe margin of space when driving by any vehicle with flashing lights pulled to the side of a road or highway." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 20

You hold a Class G graduated licence issued five weeks ago. When may you not drive?

Accepted Answer

Between midnight and 5am, unless an exception applies. Arizona's curfew for the first six months on a graduated licence runs midnight to 5am, with named exceptions. Official wording: "Do not drive from midnight to 5am unless a legal guardian with a valid driver license is seated beside you" (Arizona MVD - Teen Driver Guide to Class G Permit and License).

Question 21

You are travelling the opposite way from a stopped school bus on a road split by a raised concrete median. Must you stop?

Accepted Answer

No - a divided roadway removes the duty for opposing traffic. On a genuinely divided roadway, traffic travelling the opposite way does not have to stop for a school bus. Official wording: "You are not required to stop for a school bus on a divided roadway when traveling in the opposite direction." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 22

Where may an open container of liquor legally be carried in a car on an Arizona public road?

Accepted Answer

In the boot, or behind the last upright seat where there is no boot. The boot is outside the passenger compartment, and so is the area behind the last upright seat in a vehicle with no boot. Official wording: "It does not include the trunk or the area behind the last upright seat of a vehicle not equipped with a trunk." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 23

A deer is standing at the roadside ahead, not yet on the road. What does Arizona advise?

Accepted Answer

Slow down and do not sound your horn. Arizona says specifically not to use the horn on an animal that is not yet on the road - it may startle the animal into running in front of you. Official wording: "If the animal is not yet on the road, do not sound your horn, as that may startle the animal and cause it to run out in front of you." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

Question 24

Water is running across a desert wash on the road ahead after a monsoon storm. What does Arizona tell you to do?

Accepted Answer

Do not cross flooded washes. Arizona's instruction is flat: do not cross flooded washes. Water can stall the engine, hide potholes and carry the car downstream. Official wording: "Heavy rain frequently causes "flash floods" in Arizona washes. Do not cross flooded washes." (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (revised March 2026)).

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