MI Driver's License Written Test Study Guide

Blind Spots

• Blind spots are areas around vehicles that are not visible in mirrors.
• Typically located to the left rear and right rear of the vehicle.

Basic Speed Law

• Requires driving at a "careful and prudent" speed in all conditions.
• Must be able to stop within clear distance ahead.

Speed Limits

• 15 mph: In mobile home parks and certain municipal parks.
• 25 mph: In platted subdivisions, condominium complexes, and watch for varying speed limits in business districts, parks, and school zones.
• 45 mph: In work zones if posted; otherwise, normal speed limit applies.
• 55 mph: On non-freeway streets and highways unless otherwise posted.
• 70 mph max / 55 mph min: On freeways; school buses and trucks are restricted to 60 mph.

Safe Following Distance

• Maintain a three- to four-second following distance from the vehicle ahead.

Road Scanning

• Look down the road ahead for 12 seconds to anticipate traffic and hazards.

Turn Signaling

• Right turn: Left arm bent up.
• Left turn: Left arm straight out.
• Slow down/stop: Left arm bent down.

Intersections

• Check for oncoming traffic, signals, signs, and road conditions as you approach.
• Hidden vehicles can be obscured by larger vehicles in multi-lane scenarios.

Right-of-Way Rules

• Yield when turning at intersections, giving way to pedestrians and vehicles in the intersection.
• At unsignaled intersections, yield to the driver on the right if you arrive simultaneously and to vehicles reaching the intersection first.
• At T-intersections without signals, yield to vehicles on the through road.

Traffic Signals

• When turning left at a traffic signal, yield to pedestrians and oncoming traffic.

Stop or Yield Signs

• Yield to vehicles and pedestrians in the intersection and to cross traffic that doesn’t have to stop.
• When turning left, yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.

Additional Yielding Situations

• Yield to uniformed law enforcement officers, flag persons at construction sites, vehicles in funeral processions, and emergency vehicles.
• Be especially cautious around stopped waste collection, utility, or maintenance vehicles with flashing lights.

Turning on Red

• Right turn on red is allowed unless "no turn on red" is posted; complete stop required and yield to pedestrians and traffic.
• Left turn on red is permitted only from a one-way street onto another one-way street, after stopping and yielding.