If two vehicles arrive at an uncontrolled intersection at approximately the same time, the right-of-way should be given to…?
- The vehicle approaching from the right ✓
- The vehicle moving faster
- Neither vehicle
- The vehicle approaching from the left
Answer: A. The vehicle approaching from the right
When two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at about the same time, the right-of-way goes to the vehicle approaching from the right.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says an uncontrolled intersection has no signs or traffic lights. If two vehicles get there from different roads at the same moment, the driver on the left must let the driver on the right go first. That is what yielding the right-of-way means: you let the other driver proceed. So the vehicle coming from the right has priority, and the left-hand driver waits.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The vehicle moving faster — How fast a vehicle is moving does not decide right-of-way at an uncontrolled intersection; the rule is based on which side each vehicle approaches from.
- C. Neither vehicle — The handbook gives one vehicle priority when they arrive together, so the drivers do not both wait or both proceed.
- D. The vehicle approaching from the left — The vehicle approaching from the left is the one that must yield, not the one that gets the right-of-way.
Remember it
Think left yields right: at an uncontrolled corner, the driver on the left gives way to the driver on the right.