You have the right-of-way when you are:
- Entering a traffic circle.
- Backing out of a driveway.
- Leaving a parking space.
- Already within a traffic circle. ✓
Answer: D. Already within a traffic circle.
You have the right-of-way when you are already within a traffic circle.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's right-of-way section says a driver who approaches a traffic circle or rotary must yield to drivers already in the circle. That means the car already circulating has the right-of-way, and a car about to enter must wait. The passages do not put a driver entering a circle ahead of those already in it. So the choice that matches the manual is being already within the circle.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Entering a traffic circle. — The manual says a driver approaching a traffic circle must yield to drivers already in it, so entering is when you give way, not when you have the right-of-way.
- B. Backing out of a driveway. — The passages do not give a driver backing out of a driveway the right-of-way; the right-of-way rule stated here is about yielding to traffic already in a circle.
- C. Leaving a parking space. — The passages do not say a driver leaving a parking space has the right-of-way; they state that drivers approaching a circle yield to those already in it.
Remember it
In a circle, remember: the car already going around goes first.