WORKBOOK 2026 ROAD SIGNS AND
DEFENSIVE DRIVING SKILLS
◉ What is a controlled intersection?
Answer: intersection where traffic is controlled by signal or sign
◉ 80% of collisions at intersections happen at ___________
intersections
Answer: Controlled
◉ What is a uncontrolled intersection?
Answer: An intersection that does not have traffic signals and signs.
Treat it as a four way stop. come to a complete stop and then
proceed when the roadway is clear. If two vehicles at the intersection
at about the same time, both must stop and the driver on the left
must yield the right of way to the driver on the right
◉ What is a semi-controlled intersection?
Answer: Intersections where traffic from at least one direction does
NOT have a stop sign. The other directions will have a stop sign.
, ◉ Open order to have the right of way at an intersection, it must be
________ to you by the other driver
Answer: Given
◉ oncoming traffic
Answer: vehicles coming toward you but usually in another lane
◉ Cross traffic
Answer: Traffic driving from streets to your left or right
◉ blind intersection
Answer: an intersection in which your view of traffic on an
intersecting road is impeded
◉ Legal stop
Answer: Stop made at the stop line, crosswalk, implied crosswalk, or
curb line, as required by law
◉ Safety stop
Answer: Stop made after making a legal stop as needed to overcome
a line-of-sight blockage