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Difficulty: HardRight-of-Way Rules at Intersections

You are driving straight on a main roadway facing a flashing yellow traffic signal at an intersection. Vehicle A is stopped at the cross street facing a flashing red traffic signal, preparing to turn right onto your road. Vehicle B is approaching from the opposite direction on your main roadway facing a flashing yellow signal, preparing to turn left across your lane of travel. Which vehicle(s) must yield the right-of-way to your vehicle before proceeding through the intersection?

  1. Both Vehicle A and Vehicle BAnswer
  2. B
    Only Vehicle A, because Vehicle B has a flashing yellow signal which grants left-turning vehicles priority
  3. C
    Only Vehicle B, because Vehicle A established right-of-way by making a complete stop first at the flashing red light
  4. D
    Neither vehicle, because a flashing yellow signal requires your vehicle to come to a complete stop and yield to all intersection traffic

Answer

Both Vehicle A and Vehicle B must yield the right-of-way to your vehicle.
The correct answer states that both vehicles must yield. Traffic proceeding straight under a flashing yellow signal has right-of-way over vehicles facing a flashing red signal on a cross street and oncoming vehicles executing an unprotected left turn.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze your traffic control signal state and movement intent.
You face a flashing yellow signal and are proceeding straight.
A flashing yellow light permits through traffic to proceed with caution without stopping, maintaining precedence over cross traffic and turning traffic.
2
Evaluate Vehicle A's duty to yield at the cross street.
Vehicle A faces a flashing red signal and must yield to all traffic on the main roadway.
A flashing red signal carries the same legal requirement as a stop sign; drivers must stop completely and yield to through traffic on the intersecting street.
3
Evaluate Vehicle B's duty to yield while turning left.
Vehicle B is making an unprotected left turn across oncoming traffic and must yield to oncoming straight vehicles.
Drivers turning left must always yield the right-of-way to oncoming vehicles moving straight through an intersection unless guided by a protected green arrow.
4
Combine right-of-way evaluations to determine overall precedence.
Your vehicle has the right-of-way over both Vehicle A and Vehicle B.
Both cross traffic at a flashing red signal and oncoming traffic turning left must yield to straight-through traffic proceeding on a flashing yellow signal.

Key Concept

Right-of-way rules at intersections with flashing signals and turning maneuvers
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