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Difficulty: MediumRight-of-Way Rules at Intersections

You are driving straight through an intersection where your lane is controlled by a flashing yellow signal light. At the same time, a vehicle on the cross street is stopped at a flashing red signal light. What is your legal requirement regarding right-of-way in this situation?

  1. Slow down and proceed through the intersection with caution, retaining the right-of-way over the cross-street vehicle.Answer
  2. B
    Come to a full stop before entering the intersection and yield to the driver stopped on the cross street.
  3. C
    Treat the intersection as an all-way stop and yield right-of-way to whichever vehicle arrived at the intersection first.
  4. D
    Stop completely and yield right-of-way only if the vehicle on the cross street approaches from your right.

Answer

Slow down and proceed through the intersection with caution, retaining the right-of-way over the cross-street vehicle.
A flashing yellow traffic signal alerts drivers to proceed through an intersection with caution without making a mandatory stop if the path is clear. Because cross-street traffic faces a flashing red light—which legally mandates a complete stop and yielding to cross traffic—the driver facing the flashing yellow signal retains the right-of-way.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the traffic signal controlling your direction of travel.
Your lane is governed by a flashing yellow signal light.
Flashing yellow signals instruct drivers to proceed with caution without requiring a complete stop unless necessary for safety.
2
Identify the traffic signal controlling the cross-street traffic.
Cross-street vehicles face a flashing red signal light.
A flashing red signal carries the legal weight of a stop sign, requiring drivers to stop completely and yield to approaching traffic.
3
Determine right-of-way precedence between the two flashing signal indications.
The driver facing the flashing yellow light maintains right-of-way precedence.
Traffic facing a cautionary flashing yellow light has legal priority over traffic required to stop and yield at a flashing red light.

Key Concept

Flashing Yellow vs. Flashing Red Intersection Right-of-Way Rules
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Right-of-Way Rules at Intersections

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