Who must yield when a driver is turning and a pedestrian is crossing without a traffic light?
- Whoever started moving last
- The driver ✓
- Whoever is slower
- The pedestrian
Answer: B. The driver
The driver must yield to the pedestrian when turning at a crossing without a traffic light.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says drivers must give the right-of-way to pedestrians at an uncontrolled intersection, meaning there are no traffic signs or signals for the pedestrian to enter the crosswalk. A crossing with no traffic light fits that setting. So when you are turning and someone is on foot in the crosswalk, you wait and let the pedestrian go first. The handbook also tells drivers to watch for pedestrians whether they have the right-of-way or not, which supports yielding rather than trying to beat them through.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Whoever started moving last — Starting order is not the rule; the handbook gives pedestrians the right-of-way at an uncontrolled intersection regardless of who began moving first.
- C. Whoever is slower — How fast each person is moving does not decide the right-of-way; the driver still has to yield to the pedestrian in this setting.
- D. The pedestrian — The pedestrian is not the one required to yield here; the handbook says drivers must give way to pedestrians at an uncontrolled intersection.
Remember it
No light and someone is on foot in the crosswalk? You wait and let the pedestrian go first.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 4: Right-of-Way , p. 23