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In most of the United States, drivers on divided highways are not required to stop for a stopped school bus on the opposite side of the highway, according to AAA. Drivers generally must stop for a school bus on a road that is not divided.

The legal parking distance from a fire hydrant is set by local jurisdictions and may vary by location but is often 15 feet, such as the distance set by the New York City Police Department for cars parked within the city limits. The distance applies to both directions.

The color scheme of traffic lights is the result of borrowing from railroad signaling schemes of the time, according to Mental Floss. The first traffic lights were green and red, and amber later became the third color to provide a buffer between the "stop" and "proceed" signals. This was to prevent accidents due to sudden light changes as well as to allow the policemen time to switch the lights manually.

People need to wear seat belts and insist that any passengers in the car do so as well because wearing them saves lives in the event of an accident. Another important reason for wearing them is that the law requires it, and there are legal consequences for not doing so.

A turnabout, roundabout or rotary is a continuously moving traffic circle that flows in one direction and serves as an intersection for two or more roads. Vehicles enter a turnabout by yielding to oncoming traffic, as moving vehicles in a traffic circle have the right of way.