When two vehicles arrive to an intersection at the same time, which one has the right-of-way when no signs or signals indicate rules?
- The car approaching from the right has the right-of-way. ✓
- The car approaching from the left has the right-of-way.
- The car in which the driver sounds his horn first has the right-of-way.
- The car that is traveling the fastest has the right-of-way.
Answer: A. The car approaching from the right has the right-of-way.
When two vehicles reach an intersection at about the same time and nothing signals who goes first, the car approaching from the right has the right-of-way.
Why this is the answer
The handbook covers this under intersections: vehicles go through in the order they arrived, and if two arrive at roughly the same moment, each driver yields to the driver on their right. So the car coming from your right side goes first, and you wait for it. This is a yielding rule, not a speed or noise contest — it simply settles who moves when arrival times are too close to call.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The car approaching from the left has the right-of-way. — The handbook says to yield to drivers on your right, not your left, so a car from the left does not get priority over you.
- C. The car in which the driver sounds his horn first has the right-of-way. — Nothing in the handbook gives right-of-way to whoever honks first; the horn plays no part in the arrival-order rule.
- D. The car that is traveling the fastest has the right-of-way. — Speed is not a factor the handbook uses to settle who goes first at an intersection; arrival order and yielding to the right decide it.
Remember it
Picture the steering wheel: the driver sitting on your right side gets to go first when you both arrive together.