When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at the same time, which vehicle must yield the right-of-way?
- Either one
- Vehicle on the left ✓
- Vehicle on the right
- Neither one
Answer: B. Vehicle on the left
The vehicle on the left must yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
Why this is the answer
The manual addresses intersections that are not controlled by signs or signals, and also the case where two drivers stop at STOP signs at the same time at right angles. In those situations, the driver on the left must yield to the driver on the right, so the car coming from the right goes first. The manual's example makes this concrete: if you are stopped and another driver is stopped on your right, both going straight, you wait and let that driver go ahead.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Either one — The manual gives a clear rule instead of leaving it open, so one of the two vehicles is required to wait rather than either one going whenever it likes.
- C. Vehicle on the right — The vehicle on the right is the one that gets to go first; it is the left-hand driver who has to hold back.
- D. Neither one — Someone has to yield in this situation, and the manual assigns that duty to the driver on the left, so it is not a case where neither one waits.
Remember it
Picture the two cars at right angles: the one on the left holds back, the one on the right rolls ahead.