Practice question
What is the recommended visual scanning pattern that New York driving instructors should teach for approaching intersections?
- Look straight ahead only because cross traffic must yield at every intersection
- Left-right-left scan: check left first (nearest threat), then right, then left again before proceeding
- Use a right-left scan once, without a final check for traffic approaching from the left
- Look only toward the normal flow of traffic and omit the cross-street scan
Answer: B — Left-right-left scan: check left first (nearest threat), then right, then left again before proceeding
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