Hawaii driving lesson · Rules of the Road & Right-of-Way
Right-of-way at intersections
A 3-minute lesson from the Hawaii course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Right-of-way rules decide who goes first when paths cross. The law never gives you the right-of-way; it only says who must yield. When in doubt, yield.
Basic right-of-way rules at intersections:
When vehicles arrive at the same time, yield to the car on your right
Yield to all traffic on the protected route
Where you must stop first, stop and then yield to all traffic on the protected route
When the light turns green, yield to pedestrians and cars still in the intersection
Turning left, yield to oncoming traffic close enough to be a hazard
Entering a public road from an alley, driveway or farmyard: stop and yield
At a stop sign, stop at the stop line; if none, before any marked or unmarked crosswalk. If you can't see traffic from there, move ahead slowly and stop again where you can.
You and another car reach an intersection with no signs or signals at the same moment; the other car is on your right. Slow down and let it go first.
Put it into practice
Your light turns green, but a pedestrian is still crossing in front of you and a car that entered on yellow is finishing its turn. Wait for both 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.
When two vehicles arrive at an uncontrolled intersection at the same time, who has the right-of-way?
The larger of the two vehicles
Whichever vehicle arrives first
The vehicle approaching from the left
The vehicle on the right
Answer: The vehicle on the right
At an uncontrolled intersection, yield to the vehicle approaching from the right.