District of Columbia driving lesson · Right-of-Way & Intersections
Right-of-way rules
A 3-minute lesson from the District of Columbia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Right-of-way laws decide who goes first, but they never give anyone the right to cause a crash. The rules tell you when to yield; common sense tells you to yield even when you don't have to.
Right-of-way
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner on a highway in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian.
At a 4-way stop, traffic from all directions must stop. The first driver to stop is the first driver to go; others wait their turn. You may also see 3-WAY, 5-WAY or ALL-WAY signs.
Keep to the right except to pass or make a left turn. On a two-lane or narrow road, give an approaching vehicle one-half of the paved or improved road.
You pull out of a shopping-center driveway onto a busy street. Stop first, even with no sign, and yield to every approaching vehicle and pedestrian on the sidewalk before you go.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
If you enter an intersection after another vehicle has already entered, what must you do?
Proceed since you have equal right-of-way
Proceed if you are on the right
Sound your horn and proceed
Yield the right-of-way to that vehicle
Answer: Yield the right-of-way to that vehicle
If another vehicle entered the intersection before you, you must yield the right-of-way to it.
