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Requirements summarized from the official North Dakota driver handbook.
North Dakota law requires every occupant to wear a seat belt in every seating position. Children ages eight through seventeen must be properly secured in a seat belt or child restraint.
Speed limits are maximums for ideal conditions; never drive faster than the posted speed limit or conditions allow. Unless otherwise posted, limits include 20 miles per hour at obstructed-view railway crossings and intersections and when passing a school at specified times, 25 miles per hour in business or residential districts, 55 miles per hour on gravel, dirt, or loose-surface roads and certain paved two-lane county and township highways, 65 miles per hour on posted rural paved 2-lane highways, 70 miles per hour on paved and divided multi-lane highways, and 80 miles per hour on rural Interstate highways.
In North Dakota, drivers with a BAC of .08% or greater—or .02% if under the age of 21—are legally under the influence of alcohol. The handbook also advises families to prohibit cell phone use, eating, drinking, pets, or changing the radio or CDs while teens drive.
When a school bus is stopped with red lights flashing, drivers approaching from both directions must stop and may proceed only when the bus moves, the driver signals, or the lights stop flashing. Watch for pedestrians at crosswalks, and drive no more than 20 miles per hour when passing a school during recess or when children are arriving or leaving, unless otherwise posted.
At a crash scene, pull to the right and stop for a parked emergency or law enforcement vehicle with flashing lights; pass only when the road is clear and obey any officer directing traffic. On an Interstate or multilane highway, move to the opposite lane for a stopped emergency, law enforcement, or NDDOT maintenance vehicle displaying emergency or work lights, and proceed cautiously.
At an unsigned intersection, the vehicle on the left must yield to the vehicle on the right; at an uncontrolled T-intersection, traffic on the terminating street must yield, and left-turning vehicles must yield to oncoming traffic. At a four-way stop, the first vehicle to stop goes first, and drivers must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and to circulating traffic when entering a roundabout.
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