If two drivers arrive at the same time to an open intersection:
- The driver on the right has the right-of-way. ✓
- The driver on the left has the right-of-way.
- One driver may continue driving without stopping.
- One driver should honk to indicate that they are giving up the right-of-way.
Answer: A. The driver on the right has the right-of-way.
The driver on the right has the right-of-way.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says vehicles go through an intersection in the order they arrived, and when two vehicles get there at about the same time, each driver yields to the car on the right. That means the driver on the right goes first, while the driver on the left waits. This gives both drivers a clear, predictable way to decide who goes first when arrival order does not settle it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The driver on the left has the right-of-way. — Saying the driver on the left goes first reverses the handbook rule, which says the left driver yields to the right driver.
- C. One driver may continue driving without stopping. — The same-time rule tells drivers who yields; it does not say one driver may continue without stopping.
- D. One driver should honk to indicate that they are giving up the right-of-way. — Honking to give up right-of-way is not in the handbook rule, which assigns right-of-way to the driver on the right.
Remember it
When two cars get there together, look right: the car on your right goes first.