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Difficulty: MediumRight-of-Way Rules at Intersections

You are driving along a two-lane road and approach an uncontrolled four-way intersection that has no stop signs, yield signs, or traffic signals. At the exact same moment, another vehicle arrives at the intersection from the cross street on your right. Both vehicles intend to continue straight through the intersection. Under standard right-of-way rules, which action must you take?

  1. Yield the right-of-way to the vehicle approaching from your right and allow it to proceed first.Answer
  2. B
    Proceed straight through the intersection first, expecting the vehicle on your right to yield to vehicles approaching from its left.
  3. C
    Accelerate and overtake any slower vehicle ahead of you to clear the intersection line before cross traffic enters.
  4. D
    Stop completely only if the other driver flashes their headlights, treating the intersection as an unprotected green light.

Answer

Yield the right-of-way to the vehicle approaching from your right and allow it to proceed first.
At an uncontrolled intersection where two vehicles arrive at the exact same time, traffic law establishes that the driver on the left must yield the right-of-way to the driver approaching from the right. Since the other car is approaching from your right, you must yield and permit that vehicle to pass safely before entering the intersection.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the intersection type and control state.
The intersection is uncontrolled (no traffic signals, stop signs, or yield signs).
Traffic rules for uncontrolled intersections differ from signalized or sign-controlled junctions.
2
Determine the arrival timing of both vehicles.
Both vehicles arrived at the intersection at the exact same moment.
When arrival is simultaneous, established priority rules determine who proceeds first.
3
Apply the standard right-of-way rule for simultaneous arrival at uncontrolled intersections.
The vehicle on the left must yield to the vehicle on the right.
State DMV regulations dictate that when two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection simultaneously, the driver on the left yields right-of-way.

Key Concept

Right-of-way precedence for simultaneous arrival at uncontrolled intersections
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Right-of-Way Rules at Intersections

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