Rules of the Road and Right of Way
What this domain tests
Right-of-way questions test whether you can predict who goes first at junctions, roundabouts, crossings and merges. Cayman drives on the left, so every priority rule is the mirror image of right-hand-traffic countries.
Junctions
- Traffic on the main road has priority over traffic emerging from a side road or driveway.
- At an uncontrolled junction, approach slowly and be prepared to give way to traffic from your right.
- When turning across oncoming traffic, wait for a safe gap; do not force the turn.
- Never enter a junction unless your exit is clear.
Roundabouts
Traffic circulates clockwise. You must give way to traffic already on the roundabout, which approaches from your right. Signal left before your exit, stay in your lane, and do not change lanes on the circle.
Pedestrians and crossings
Give way to pedestrians already on a marked crossing. Do not overtake a vehicle that has stopped at a crossing - it may be hiding a pedestrian. At junctions, pedestrians crossing the road you are turning into have priority.
Emergency vehicles
Make room for ambulances, fire appliances and police vehicles using lights or sirens, but do so legally: do not run a red light, mount the pavement or stop in a dangerous position.
Worked example
You reach a roundabout at the same moment as a car already circulating from your right. You arrived first, but the circulating car has priority, so you wait. Once clear, enter, keep left of the central island and signal left for your exit.
Traps
- Assuming "I was here first" beats the give-way-to-the-right rule.
- Overtaking on the left.
- Following a large vehicle through a junction without checking the exit is clear.
- Waving pedestrians across when other lanes are still moving.