When approaching an uncontrolled intersection, a driver should:
- Maintain their speed and proceed.
- Stop at the intersection, check in all directions, and proceed.
- Yield to all other drivers.
- Be prepared to yield. ✓
Answer: D. Be prepared to yield.
At an uncontrolled intersection, you should be prepared to yield.
Why this is the answer
The handbook calls an intersection with no signs or signals an open intersection. It does not say you must always stop or always let every other driver go first. Instead, it lists situations where you must give way: when a vehicle is already there, when you come from a secondary or unpaved road onto a state or paved road, or when you turn left with oncoming traffic. Because you cannot know in advance whether one of those cases applies, approach ready to yield.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Maintain their speed and proceed. — Keeping your speed and going through ignores the times the handbook says you must give way, such as when another vehicle is already in the intersection.
- B. Stop at the intersection, check in all directions, and proceed. — Stopping every time is not required by the handbook; an open intersection has no signs or signals and does not require a full stop in every case.
- C. Yield to all other drivers. — Yielding to every other driver goes beyond the rule, which lists specific situations rather than a blanket duty to let all traffic go first.
Remember it
No signs or signals does not mean no rules: approach ready to give way if another vehicle is already there or you are turning left.