Which car has the right of way? (engine, drivers, speeding)

[reneeh63]

Yield signs aren't used as much any more because they're just too ambiguous for people, apparently.

That said, if I was doing an unusual maneuver like a U-turn I'd be the cautious one and right-turners are usually pretty lazy so that would be reasonable. Sometimes it just doesn't matter who has the right of way - you may be right, and you may be dead nobody else knows it!

[Jimbo302]

The car at the stop sign has not entered the roadway. All cars on the road way, such as the car taking the U turn , have the right of way unless signage expressly states otherwise.

I had this problem the other day . The car in the center turn lane was turning left onto my road while I was turning left (crossing the center) onto the roadway. The driver in the center refused to turn off until I went and proceeded to wildly flail her arms making gestures as such. Very annoying.

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by mcforumpost

Both cars arrive at the same time. One is making a right hand turn, the other is making a u-turn.

How does the driver making the right turn know the other car is making a U-turn? That car could be making a left.


If I'm the driver making the U-turn I would assume the other driver doesn't know that.

[steiconi]

if there are no stop signs or lights,
cars going straight go first,
followed by cars turning right,
then by cars turning left.

that U-turn is two left turns, should be last to go.

[notnamed]

Originally Posted by steiconi

if there are no stop signs or lights,
cars going straight go first,
followed by cars turning right,
then by cars turning left.

that U-turn is two left turns, should be last to go.

There is a stop sign as indicated by the white line under the car turning right.

Even without stop sign car on the main roadway even turning left has precedence over a car on side street joining the main roadway.

[Jimbo302]

Originally Posted by steiconi

if there are no stop signs or lights,
cars going straight go first,
followed by cars turning right,
then by cars turning left.

that U-turn is two left turns, should be last to go.

That's not how anything works.

[Jimbo302]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

How does the driver making the right turn know the other car is making a U-turn? That car could be making a left.


If I'm the driver making the U-turn I would assume the other driver doesn't know that.

And it is wise to remain that cautious. That doesn't change the fact that the car entering the roadway does not have a right of way.

[Jimbo302]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

. If there is no stop sign, the right turn has right of way.

That is incorrect.

[goldenlove]

Originally Posted by Jimbo302

That's not how anything works.

Thank you!

[Cloudy Dayz]

Originally Posted by reneeh63

Yield signs aren't used as much any more because they're just too ambiguous for people, apparently.

That said, if I was doing an unusual maneuver like a U-turn I'd be the cautious one and right-turners are usually pretty lazy so that would be reasonable. Sometimes it just doesn't matter who has the right of way - you may be right, and you may be dead nobody else knows it!

Yield signs aren't used much anymore because they are not revenue friendly. I can remember places where I used to live where stop signs were rare and yield signs were everywhere. Today the yield signs have been 100% replaced with stop signs. People are driving exactly the way they did then, and they still treat them like yield signs. But now the local cops can go on a ticket writing binge a couple of times a year, to fund their salaries.