A 3-minute lesson from the Florida course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Intersections are where most crashes happen, so right-of-way rules decide who goes and who waits. The law says who must yield, and you must still do everything possible to avoid a crash.
Know the rule
Right-of-way rules tell you who goes first and who must wait. The law says who must yield (give up) the right-of-way.
After a complete stop at a stop line, yield to traffic already in the intersection and to pedestrians and bicyclists. Look both ways, and look right before a right turn.
Entering a road from a driveway, alley or roadside, yield to vehicles on the main road and to pedestrians and bicyclists on the sidewalk or in bike lanes.
You're at a two-way stop and want to turn left, while a car across from you on the same street is going straight. The turning vehicle yields to the vehicle going straight, so let it clear before you turn.
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.
At an intersection after coming to a complete stop, you must yield to:
Only vehicles turning left
Traffic already in the intersection and pedestrians/bicyclists
No one, since you already stopped
Only oncoming traffic
Answer: Traffic already in the intersection and pedestrians/bicyclists
After a complete stop, you must yield the right-of-way to traffic already in the intersection and to pedestrians and bicyclists.
