You are positioned at a signalized intersection with a single turn lane, intending to turn left. The overhead traffic signal displays a circular solid green light. Oncoming traffic also faces a circular solid green light, and an oncoming vehicle is signaling a right turn into the same multi-lane roadway you plan to enter. Simultaneously, a pedestrian has stepped into the marked crosswalk of the street you are turning onto. Under standard right-of-way rules, which procedure must you follow?
- Yield the right-of-way to both the oncoming vehicle making the right turn and the pedestrian crossing the street before initiating your turn.Answer
- BTurn immediately into the far-left lane while the oncoming vehicle turns into the far-right lane, yielding only to the pedestrian once across the intersection.
- CProceed with the left turn ahead of the oncoming right-turning vehicle because left-turning traffic has precedence on a solid green light when turning onto a multi-lane street.
- DStop in the intersection, sound your horn to alert the pedestrian, and execute your turn after the oncoming vehicle completes its right turn.
Answer
Yield the right-of-way to both the oncoming vehicle making the right turn and the pedestrian crossing the street before initiating your turn.
When turning left on a solid green circular signal, the turn is unprotected. Drivers must yield to all oncoming traffic—including opposing vehicles turning right onto the same road—and to any pedestrians crossing the street into which the vehicle is turning.
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Key Concept
Unprotected left turn yielding precedence to oncoming vehicles and crosswalk pedestrians