Right-of-Way and Priority Rules
What this domain covers
Right-of-way questions ask who goes first at intersections, narrow sections and pedestrian crossings. The exam relies on a small set of priority rules applied consistently.
Core rules
- At an uncontrolled intersection of equal-priority roads, yield to the vehicle approaching from your right.
- A vehicle on a main road (sign 2.1) has priority over vehicles on secondary roads (2.4 and 2.5).
- At a roundabout marked 4.3, vehicles already on the roundabout have priority unless signs say otherwise.
- When an obstruction is on your side of a narrow road, you yield; if it is on the other side, you have priority.
- A tram generally has priority over non-rail vehicles when priorities are equal.
- Turning left, you yield to oncoming traffic going straight or right.
- At a zebra crossing, pedestrians have priority once they have stepped onto it.
Worked example
Two cars reach an uncontrolled crossroads at the same moment. Car A approaches from Car B's right. Car B must yield, so Car A goes first. The rule is about the other vehicle's position on your right, not about who arrived first.
Traps
- Yielding to the left at an equal-priority junction.
- Claiming priority on a main road after leaving it.
- Forgetting that a pedestrian who has stepped onto a crossing has priority.