Right-of-Way and Intersection Rules
What this domain tests
Right-of-way questions ask who must wait when two or more road users want the same space. The exam expects you to apply a fixed order: police or traffic officer, then traffic signal, then sign, then the general rule. Liberia drives on the right, so yielding to the right is the default at an uncontrolled intersection.
Core rules
- At an uncontrolled intersection with no sign or signal, slow down and yield to a vehicle already in the intersection and to the vehicle approaching from your right.
- At a four-way STOP, the first vehicle to stop goes first. If two stop at the same time, the one on the right goes first. If two face each other and one is turning left, the left-turner yields to the vehicle going straight or turning right.
- A left turn across oncoming traffic must yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
- At a roundabout, traffic already circulating has priority; entering drivers yield and do not block the circle.
- Emergency vehicles with lights and siren have priority; pull to the right and stop if necessary, but do not run a red light or mount the sidewalk.
- Pedestrians in a marked crosswalk, and often at an unmarked crossing, have priority.
Worked example
You reach a four-way stop at the same moment as a car on your left. You want to turn left; the other car is going straight. Even though the other car is on your left, your left turn crosses its path, so you yield. If the other car were on your right and you were both going straight, you would also yield because it is on your right.
Traps
Waving another driver through when the rule says otherwise; entering a junction before it is clear; assuming a green light gives absolute priority over pedestrians; and passing a truck that is swinging wide for a turn.