An intersection has no traffic signs or signals. You arrive at the same time as a vehicle to your right. You should:
- Speed up and get through the intersection.
- Slow down and yield to the vehicle on your right. ✓
- Drive into the intersection and make the other vehicle stop.
- Honk your horn and drive through the intersection.
Answer: B. Slow down and yield to the vehicle on your right.
You should slow down and yield to the vehicle on your right.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says traffic moves through an intersection in the order vehicles arrive. When two vehicles get there at roughly the same moment, the person on the left gives way to the person on the right. Since the other vehicle is on your right and you arrived together, it should go first. Slowing down and yielding follows that rule and avoids a contest over who goes first.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Speed up and get through the intersection. — Speeding up to get through is wrong because arriving at the same time does not give you priority over the vehicle on your right.
- C. Drive into the intersection and make the other vehicle stop. — Driving into the intersection and making the other vehicle stop is wrong because the vehicle on your right should go first when you arrive together.
- D. Honk your horn and drive through the intersection. — Honking and driving through is wrong because a horn does not change the right-of-way rule; you still yield to the vehicle on your right.
Remember it
When you tie at an intersection, treat the car on your right as first in line.