When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at the same time, which vehicle must yield the right-of-way?
- Either one
- The vehicle on the left ✓
- The vehicle on the right
- Neither
Answer: B. The vehicle on the left
When two vehicles reach an intersection from different highways at about the same time, the vehicle on the left must yield the right-of-way.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes what to do when vehicles arrive at an intersection at nearly the same moment: each driver has to yield to the drivers on their right. Turn that around and you get the rule for this question. If you are the driver on the left, the other vehicle is on your right, so you are the one who waits and lets it go first. The vehicle on the right has the right-of-way, which is exactly why the vehicle on the left must give way.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Either one — The handbook gives a clear order here rather than leaving it to chance, so one driver is expected to yield and the other to go.
- C. The vehicle on the right — The vehicle on the right is the one being yielded to, not the one that has to give way.
- D. Neither — Someone has to yield, since the handbook assigns the right-of-way to the driver on the right when two vehicles arrive together.
Remember it
Picture yourself in the left-hand car looking across at the other driver: that driver is on your right, so you are the one who waits.