Which CAR Should PASS the Intersection FIRST? USA Driving Tests and Road Rules 

These really exist. I’ve seen them in two states, but they aren’t common. Fun fact, these same rules apply at an intersection where every road entering has a stop sign.

Never heard of it either, 25 years driving

The maker of this video is an idiot out of Country foreigner don't listen. The correct answer is the truck goes christ and I'll tell you the empty lane Should be considered that it has been empty prior to any of the vehicles arriving, The empty lane comes first and therefore Into the right of the empty lane, the truck is at the right And therefore that truck goes first

You need to travel more...have you been to Africa?

Uncontrolled like this is just a 4 way stop sign, or when the traffic lights are out in a controlled intersection.

I'm sorry but i'm confused. The video says yellow first and you say yellow first too because of the blue one being to it's right but isn't that the left from the yellow cars side?

@@flamestar557 What's so hard to understand about that? The red one wants to turn, so it is already out of the right of way. The yellow one is to the right of the blue one, so the yellow one has priority. After that, the blue one has priority over the turning vehicle. Simple, isn't it?

Yellow because the truck is turning to left

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Exactly, you nailed it; this is the major problem we face inspite of how much safe we drive and follow the strict rules but we can't guarantee of others.

Amen to that. I always wave the other drivers on. No way I'm risking my life on the competence of other drivers.

That's why you let off the brake and slowly inch into the intersection to signal that you are going. If anyone else does the same thing, you can brake before hitting them and they should brake too. Since you aren't going very fast, there won't be much damage if they hit you and if they do, they're paying for the collision. If there is a stalemate, just wave the other cars through. 99.99% of the time, this situation is just a waste of time, not a threat to your life or property.

Richard Mace : what you have mentioned is the main reason I gave up driving as soon as I retired. Never had a serious accident through out my many years driving all kind of vehicles, but now I'm too old and impatient with people who think that driving is a human right and not a privilege.

@@texasflood1295 No thanks. Too many idiots out there. You may not be one of them but I have no way of knowing that. I've almost been hit twice in the past month while walking in a crosswalk in broad daylight because people didn't feel like yielding properly. Hard pass.

How does that work though if there are 4 cars? Everyone is at the right of each other.

@@tinytownsoftware3837 Assuming the possibility that ALL 4 cars arrive at the exact same time, I would think that hand signals would be required as they each proceed with extreme caution. Otherwise, the car that arrives LAST means that the car to their LEFT would be the first to go. Often times if cars are going straight, the first one and the third one go at the same time since they are going thru the intersection at the same time in opposite directions. Just what I would expect, but use your own judgement.

Do they not teach this everywhere in the world? Here in Europe it's the most common basic thing to learn. I still don't trust others and approach cautiously though. Sadly enough owning the driver's license is not viewed as a privilegy, but as a right instead. Lot of people just don't have the skill and judgment to be a driver, but they are...

@@tinytownsoftware3837 "JustTheTruth" has answered correctly, HOWEVER, the chances of ALL 4 cars arriving at the same time are indeed remote. So, WHO arrive first has the "right' to proceed first ....but yet AGAIN ....EVERY RULE is subject to EVERYONE FOLLOWING THE RULES ....and herein lies the problem ....."LOGICAL THINKING AND COMMON SENSE" are of no interest to many drivers ....as such ....YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. Apart from the rule of yielding to the driver on the right, there is another rule that is in play here and that is "ownership of the lane". Both cars have "ownership of the lane" because they are going straight through. Because the truck is turning, the truck "DOES NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THE LANE" because it is going to leave it's lane and "CROSS" the yellow car's lane in order to turn, hence the yellow car "has ownership of the lane" and "right-of-way" of this lane. This rule does not come into play in this one example, but it does reinforce what the truck must do, in the event the blue car is not there. .

I am 53 years old so I have been driving here in the US for almost 38 years. While I have heard the phrase "right of way" I just thought that meant who had the "right" legally to go. I have never heard about the car on the right having the "right of way" (maybe I learned it but forgot). But I also am not sure how many times I have ever come across an intersection with no controls such as signs or lights either.

Same, 20+ years driving in Georgia and have yet to come across unregulated intersection 🤔

I live in Alabama too and it has been hard teaching my teen son the nuances of driving for ruls that are not spelled out.

We all know Elon Musk is the president... Duh 🤦

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No one wants to remember the president 😂

The President doesn’t know he’s the President.

😂😂😂Agreed

I thought so, If you are on the blue car and on your right side yellow car is not around, you may pass first

Such rules apply at 4-way stops in some States, but not in all States. At controlled intersections, different rules may apply. In some States, at controlled intersections, the first to arrive gets priority. In other States, a car on the right may get priority even if it does not arrive first.

In my country 🇿🇦 the car on your right has right of way....so yellow, blue then truck.....

It is common knowledge. Right of way is whoever is on the right gets to go. This is the most common accident foreigners cause.

I have no problem admitting I was never taught this and it wasn't on my drivers test 20 years ago so this is the first time I've ever heard that. I never had to take drivers ed and I feel like I missed out on learning some important things. Most people don't get to the light at the exact same moment so I just wait until everyone that was (or may have) been there noticeably first. I've never had any issues with it. But it's good to learn the right way.

The rule is even easier to understand if you look at the truck turning left. After half of the turn, the yellow car will be on the right hand side, therefore has priority.

@@Corksy if it was just the yellow car and the truck, then we have the rule: go straight, turn right, turn left. So, if there is no other way to decide, then this is the order, from the point of view of giving priority. First, the right hand rule lives, second, the rule of the turn order.

@@orsolyakolozsne5008 In that case it's even easier, once the truck have made his turn he will have yellow on the right, and have to yield.

Exactly

sush, this are americans, they dont even know how to do roundabouts theres a video on youtube of them going on the wrong way some even go trough the roundabout, 🤣

Drivers of US today is even competing with pedestrians on the right crossing the street on crosswalk with traffic light for pedestrians on, not to mention this right law.

Honestly, I've never seen or heard of an intersection without at least a stop sign on 2 of the 4 streets. 🤷‍♀

Similar in the UK...every such junction has at least one of the roads at any junction has a minimum of "Stop" or "Give Way" signs and road markings. The set-up in the video is asking for collisions to happen...this would not happen in the UK.

@@AtomicExtremophile Nor anywhere in the USA that I'm aware of. That type of intersection is typically a 4 way stop sign or a 2 way stop sign.

@@AtomicExtremophile Like Percy said, I have never seen a 4 way intersection without signs but I've only driven up and down the east coast.

Good grief

The defensive driving answer differs from the textbook answer. Slowly start with the correct approach, but be ready to yield to others following the incorrect approach.

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Reason for the right rule is because the rightmost car clears the intersection the fastest. Yellow car moves 1/2 way cross then the Blue can start. If the blue starts it must cross two lanes before yellow can go. Left turns always have the last right of way. That is how it should be, in practice another story.

Perfect indication you Are being impatient. Saying they never Go but you end up Going at the same time.

Once everyone is totally stopped that prettymuch takes safety out of the equation. Two vehicles starting from a dead stop are unlikely to actually hit each other. If the right of way car does not go, then I will. But carefully and ready to pounce on the brakes if necessary. If that makes me impatient, so be it.

@@alb12345672 It doesn't really matter which car is turning left. If the yellow car was turning left, it would still go first. The only difference is if the yellow car and truck want to do the same thing, the truck can go at the same time as the yellow car. The rule is based on nautical rules of the road where you always yield to the vessel on your right if you are equal priority (priority based on type of vessel or activity - sailing ship, trawler, ect.).

In US it's also clear... that you will get killed if you think it's that obvious. If you're the driver of the yellow car: slow down, and look if the driver of the blue car slows down at all. Try to see if that driver turns his/her head to the right. If neither of the two happen, slam the breaks, let the blue car pass. You avoided an accident. That's called "defensive driving""

The same rules in America but with the number of morons driving and licenses being passed out like candy to children it's not uncommon to see all 3 of those vehicles in the same space at the same time. In other words a big smoking pile of a Wreck because of the Me First syndrome. 68-year-old American Veteran here.

@@bkucinschi To the right has the right away.. Yellow Car has right away. *The question is* :: Which CAR Should PASS the Intersection FIRST? Not a defensive driving question.

@@michaelshada262 : America should ban automatic transmissions. At least when driving stick you cannot hold the phone and text. Also, letting kids drive at 16 is scary, at 17 they're alone on the road. My kid's car is scratched and dented everywhere from highschool parking.

@@bkucinschi Driving in Miami is like having a death wish, i used to tell people down there. You guys must have the friendliest people down here, they look at me strange because they know that just a pile of S. Then I say, if you drove like this in Ohio, people would shoot you. It is unbelievable what the let out in the traffic down there.

Agreed…same all over the world….with some exclusions…😂😂😂

Det e helt korrekt 😉👍🏼

Jeg er sjøfor i Norge så jeg vet at no.1 er riktig svar. Just follow the right hand drive rules and we are going home peacefully❄🇳🇴🇵🇭

@@elenasreide9529 Opravit, dobrý 😉👍🏼

But for some reason our neighbours seams to forget everything the same instant they cross the border... Or even tries to look it up. Sheers from sweden. 🍻

Right-of-way is always given and never taken. Drive to arrive. Time is second to safety always. And I never brake on an interstate unless a collision is eminent. I use the engine to slow me down as I am sure you do also. Hope we never meet on the open roads but just wave as we pass. 😊

@tradde11 So you stop at every single intersection? Even if you have a green light? How long is your commute?

@tradde11 I have been driving for over 40 years now. Last few years I drive about one Earth's circumference every year. In last ~20 years I had a couple minor, not life-threatening accidents that were my fault. I can assure you that the exams I had to take to get my driver's license were much more difficult compared to what you have in the US. My guess is that ~30-40% of US drivers would not pass driver's exams in my country. You can read on the internet how much Americans are wining about getting driver's license in EU. I drive carefully, but do realize that driving is the most risky thing I do in my daily life and there is no guarantee that I will not die in a car accident. Many people do. About 100 a day in the US. Almost as many as from guns. And, no I do not stop when I have a green light, even though the guy on the street that I am crossing at 40 mph might be day dreaming or be drunk as hell. When you drive you assume certain risk. It is simply unavoidable.

@tradde11 nothing wrong with being cautious. What I am trying to say is that no matter how cautious you are you cannot eliminate 100% of the risk that is involved in driving. There are many situations on the road where you have to assume that other drivers react properly, like for instance that they notice the red light while you are driving perpendicular to their path at 40-50 mph.

@@pawelzielinski1398 bro why are you getting so heated? It’s common driving knowledge to drive like everyone else has no idea what they are doing. Don’t take anything for granted, always pay attention to the other cars on the road as some idiot may be on their phone and not notice the red light. Sure, you don’t need to be taking every precaution, just making sure you are prepared for whatever is thrown at you.

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I saw that in my mind play out lol, I think I'll stay home

Whoever got to the stop line first is first to go, regardless of if they are the car to the left or right. Right of way only applies for when vehicles arrive at the same time.

And even less for a can of paint tp mark the road?

They're all over the place in the US. You have 4 way stops with signs and 4 way stops with no signs. The rules are the same.

​@@veganleigh4817 Really? What I'm used to is either Stop signs on one crossroad but not the other, meaning the unsigned crossroad has the right-of-way, or Stop signs from all approaches with a "4-way" indication posted below, meaning everyone takes their turn in the order they stopped. With no sign at all, how do you know if it's a 4-way stop and not just that your crossroad has the right-of-way? Are you expected to scan the other crossroad as you approach to see whether or not they have Stop signs? Or is there some other warning provided?

Be my guest at india😂

Blue truck yellow

Same here. In the mid-Atlantic region, I'm not aware of there being intersections like this example. I'm surprised by the other commenter. Perhaps they are supposed to assume all-way stops in housing sub-divisions.

my thoughts exactly every intersection in Canada has at least one direction controlled by a stop sign

Nobody has a stop sign? Looks like an accident waiting to happen.

@@Rocketboy991 never in my 45+ years of driving in Canada and the US have i ever come across a four way intersection with no stop sign on at least one of the roads

These are very common in Europe. You will find them all over. It is also about the first thing you learn in driving school. You yield for anybody coming from a road on the right - unless you are on a priority road (yellow diamond with white outline). Then again we have driving school that lasts for several months with many sections, both theoretical and practical. We even have to drive on icy roads and in darkness before we get our license. To final exam is two part - theoretical (about 50 questions) and practical where you drive around about 30 mins with a DMV "censor" sitting next to you.

Since "Right First" applies to the countries that drive on the left of the road, I thought that in the countries that drive on the right of the road it would be the opposite.

@@dosaussiethai2127 makes sense, but i do not know if that is a fact or not.

@@uliwehner from what I have read in the comments section, it seems that bright first is universal. But it’s strange, because that will conflict with roundabout where you need to give way to vehicles in the roundabout which is from the left.

That is actually the correct answer for the states as well.

@@dosaussiethai2127 well, roundabout are different. If you let everybody into a roundabout you have a high risk of a deadlock. So you want to make sure that people on the roundabout can leave it.

Never go to England please.

When all came at same time to intersection: Both Yellow and Blue can move ahead at same time, however with nice hand signaling (like thank you, or I'll go first type waving signs), one can let other go with a second or two gap other car can proceed. The vehicle to take left turn (in this case its Semi truck) must yield Stright passing traffic and can move last once both cars left. When all sides stop signs are there: vehicles should move in order of their arrival to respective stop signal. Usually In most cases vehicle to take left turn must exercise patience to yield oncoming traffic than others.

this why! the yellow wait for the blue!! and the red, so first the blue, after the red and third the yellow!!

Should it be yellow first because if it a solid green and you make a turn in this case red you have to yield for the car going straight

So you're a bad driver

not sure ive ever seen a yield sign going onto an interstate, im assuming you mean two lanes of traffic merging then entering interstate, should only be one yield sign if any. unless you are in california of course, then all rules of the road are open. i still remember the old rule or law there about entering traffic from a side street or parking lot, count 5 cars going by then hit it you have the right of way

I never owned a car I don't drive but I knew it definitely was not the semi truck

According to rule 146 of the Highway Code, nobody has priority at an unmarked crossroads. They advise that while driving on side roads and country lanes, road users should look out for unmarked junctions where nobody has priority.(UK)

Who yields to WHOM

@@ActuallyAwesomeName Oh no, another liberal who thinks that they have to correct everyone.

@@hayloft3834 Yes, what I was describing was the situation in UK where the only time you give way to traffic on the right is at a roundabout - few of those in US. Even on country lanes the road marking will be there.

@@hayloft3834 There's no need to take that superior attitude. martinpook5707 was correctly describing the situation in the UK and you tried to hijack the thread. Start your own thread if you want to make a point about Australia.

@@hayloft3834 No need to be rude. @Martin Pook was just explaining that there are no ‘uncontrolled’ junctions in UK.

Yes sir. Im confused now. Im from Malaysia and we drive on the left just like UK and Australia. My thinking is always give way to the vehicle on my right as my steering wheel is on the right. I thought US should be opposite... I was in the US for 2 weeks but didn't do any driving due to safety reason, although I posess international drivers licence.

According to rule 146 of the Highway Code, nobody has priority at an unmarked crossroads. They advise that while driving on side roads and country lanes, road users should look out for unmarked junctions where nobody has priority.(UK)

in England nothing is right and a lot is left. Wanted to say England don't drive on the right side of the road. only on the wrong, ... left

I thought only CA. had that law, OK to make a safe right turn on a red light...

The basic rule for an uncontrolled intersection is the same as a 4 way stop. That said even in the rural Midwest there are very few uncontrolled intersections anymore.

I live in NH, and in my area there is always a stop sign, blinking yellow light or yield sign. I have never seen a truly uncontrolled intersection like this. And yes, it is legal to make a right turn on a red light, after a full stop, as long as there are no signs saying otherwise at the intersection and there is no "walk" signal blinking.

@@letsdothis6274 Most places have it unless otherwise specified

Same here in New Zealand.

@@richardvoogd705 -- and here in the UK.

@@keithterry2169 I'm not Englishman but " Who has priority at unmarked crossroads? According to rule 146 of the Highway Code, nobody has priority at an unmarked crossroads. They advise that while driving on side roads and country lanes, road users should look out for unmarked junctions where nobody has priority."

@@bobp7031Thats an unmarked intersection so vehicle on the right has priority here in Australia

According to rule 146 of the Highway Code, nobody has priority at an unmarked crossroads. They advise that while driving on side roads and country lanes, road users should look out for unmarked junctions where nobody has priority.

The thought of this is wild to me. I don't live in a car-first country and even 10yos here know how yielding works and use traffic without issue or stop signs or lights.

Here's a better explanation with some common sense, a scientific approach, and part of New Jersey Statute rule that can back me up in some form... First, the common sense.... All vehicles, no matter what the scenario is, must yield to those on the left. Firstly, because the right side is the blindside. If Entering onto a highway ? All vehicles most often enter from the right side and must yield to vehicles already on the highway (on the left) UNIFORM means everything working in a similar fashion. What works in high-speed roads should follow down the line. Down to the stop. KISS. KEEPING IT SIMPLE & SMART!! Therefore, in this scenario, the vehicle furthest to the right should yield to the vehicles on the left when at a stop The truck goes first, then blue YELLOW LAST. Secondly, the truck turning can not possibly force the other vehicles to stop. The two vehicles that are NOT SIGNALING to turn will give the assumption or the impression of both vehicles going straight. The straight path is the right of way. And yielding the right of way means you give up, forfeit the right. Those vehicles moving forward in a straight path must yield to each other because Another situation to realize is...,both forward moving vehicles force each other to stop regardless, otherwise they will collide. Also, if the truck is SIGNALING a turn ....then the truck has begun to stop long before approaching the intersection. If we assume that the truck takes longer to stop because of the weight of the vehicle and cargo, then what if the truck has stopped first And is just watching to see what the other two cars are going to do? Whoever stops first goes first. The straight path is the right of way, and both vehicles going straight must yield the right of way. Therefore, it is evident that the two vehicles who have a straight path and have yielded to each other must also yield the right of way for the truck. New Jersey Statute 39:4-90 The driver having so yielded, and having given a signal when and as required by law, may make the left turn; and other vehicles approaching the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield to the driver making the left turn. Amended by L.1958, c. 114, p. 587, s. 1.

I'm late 60's too and knew this as well and how to use a traffic circle too! I don't think they require any training or knowledge of traffic rules to get a license anymore, just give them the money.

you had to "guess?" I'm 65 and I didn't need to guess

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I'm not from the USA so I don't know, but wasn't this only for 4-way stop signs?

@@bome123 As far as I know, we don’t have intersections like this in the US unless it’s somewhere way out in the country. There is almost always either STOP signs or lights/signals. At a 4 way stop the first vehicle to stop goes first. When in doubt, I usually let the other person go.

@@UKnowBo this is an uncontrolled intersection. It was explicitly spelled out that there are no signs or lights of any kind. so timing is irrelevant. first car with no-one to their right goes first and so on. if there are 4 cars then someone has to give indication that they are not going. so the car to whose right they are goes, essentially counterclockwise. I too, have never seen an uncontrolled intersection here in the US. but in germany cities that is extremely common. So i have plenty of experience with that.

Well that first stop rule in USA is mad for me. In EU when you see car on right u simply give him the way, no matters who stopped first, for me it is way more complicated than analysing who has stopped first, well accualy the one who have evryone at left side simpy doesn't have to stop at all.

It is an uncontrolled intersection so theoretically none of the vehicles are coming to a stop. That is unless as the video stated another vehicle has priority.

If if it an intersection yes it who ever stop but if it a street light then yellow ha right of way in this case if red has a solid green. And is making a right turn if red has a arrow green light turn then yellow has to wait for the light to change green before going straight This video makes no sense because the video doesn’t depict streetlight nor stop signs

I pay attention to who's wheels stop first. Because their some drivers that drive supper slow and others slightly faster. Example, the first car kinda got their first, but the tires didn't completely stop before the other driver. Who goes first?

@@grayhand860 In the UK the markings in the centre of the road have specific meanings depending on road width, and potential hazards. No markings indicates a narrow road. It's all in the highway code. As for road names let the Satnav be your guide.

Might I suggest you research the current Portuguese rule at roundabouts.

@@solentbum wesh au arrondissement c’est du n’importe quoi

@@MichaelTheophilus906 safer than this bs

You mean there are intersections somewhere that don't have stop or yield signs? That's insane.

If so,, you'd KNOW,, it depends on WHO came to a stop first,, if the truck did,, he has the right os way,, then the second car that stop'd and so on,,, THAT'S how they did it in the "olden days"

If im pulling up to a light around the same time as someone else. I usually just keep a slow roll till they stop n realize they stopped first just to avoid the difficulty but every once in a while you find that one special person that dont really have too much brain power

it goes by who gets there first and only goes by the vehicle on your right if you both arrived at the same time

It's an uncontrolled intersection. Yield to the vehicle on the right... in this case it should go, yellow, blue, then truck... Assuming they all got there at same time..

I always defer to the guy that looks like they are not going to stop

Thing is, no such stop would exist without at least a sign. Without a sign, traffic knows to just drive straight through. If both adjacent roadways have no sign, traffic wouldn't instinctively come to a stop at the intersection in the first place.

@Shin FTW It is an uncontrolled intersection.. Rural areas are full of them, most are gravel roads, but an uncontrolled intersection is a uncontrolled intersection...

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Well posted, couldn’t have put it better myself, I live in Uk too!

Yes, high risk junction just from lack of a bit of paint!

Some thought had been put into it. Not in usa

And this is so universal that after 50 years of driving I don't know what our rules are in the above situation. I'm guessing that since we always give way to the right on roundabouts then it's the same here but I don't actually remember this from the Highway Code.

@@karlabritfeld7104 it's useless, who would see that paint especially in UK during the rains at night?

No. The line lengths and direction are irrelevant. The car with nothing to its right has first right of way.

NO! That is NOT what the new Highway Code says! I really hope you are not a cyclist, because if so, you are not going to live long, and will probably cause several "accidents" before you go!

not always. haven't you driven in a carpark?? There are actually uncontrolled intersections in NSW - mainly outback and carparks though.

@@zephyrmj Yeah. Experienced drivers wing it.

"But right in most of the world"? Not at all. Most countries have the left as the short turn. Only a handful (3 IIRC) have right as the short turn. Unfortunately USA is one of the three, which has the most soft power.

@@PristinePerceptions wrong, about 75% of the world drives on the right side of the road!

Add a detail; short turn is when you don't cross the opposing lane (right in US, left in UK & Japan), long is when you do cross it (left in US, right in UK & Japan)?

Yes, it is true, first to the intersection goes first, regardless of where other traffic is, left or right. The assumption being made here beyond the presence or lack of traffic control devices is two or more vehicles arriving at the same time. Then the basic “Yielding the Right-of-way” takes precedence.

Roundabouts are rare in much of the US, so it's not surprising that it wasn't covered. They're becoming more common over time though.

Not where I am. There are at least 13 in the city I live.

That is not what this situation applies too. It said they all arrived at the same time.

it's also considered that you need to retake a drivers test because it covers this

With malfunction brake

Where I live this intersection would be a 4 way stop.

@@maggieb5326 That's the most confusing thing to me in the US. In such a situation the driver who feels most entitled drives first.

Whether the truck needs extra space to turn is irrelevant. Had the blue car been coming from the opposite direction, the truck should have gone first because it would be to the blue car's right.

Yellow car and then blue car last red lorry.