A 2-minute lesson from the Missouri course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Most right-of-way rules apply where roads meet. Know who yields at uncontrolled intersections, four-way stops, driveways and roundabouts: they're among the most common test questions.
Right-of-way rules at intersections:
Yield as needed to avoid striking pedestrians legally crossing the road
Crossing a sidewalk or entering/exiting a driveway, alley or parking lot: yield to pedestrians
Turning left: yield to oncoming vehicles going straight
Four-way stop: the driver who reaches it first goes first, after a complete stop
Entering from a driveway, alley or roadside: yield to vehicles already on the main road
No stop sign or signal (except roundabouts): yield to vehicles coming from the right
Approaching a roundabout: yield to traffic in the circle and pedestrians in crosswalks
You and another car approach a four-way stop, and the other car arrives first. After you both stop completely, it goes first. At an intersection with no signs or signals, you'd instead yield to the car on your right.
Put it into practice
You're turning left on a green light while an oncoming car goes straight. Wait: a left turn must yield to oncoming vehicles going straight.
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 a four-way stop with no traffic signal, who has the right-of-way after everyone comes to a complete stop?
The driver going straight
The driver on the left
Whoever arrives and stops first
The driver turning left
Answer: Whoever arrives and stops first
At a four-way stop, the driver who reaches the intersection first may proceed first, after coming to a complete stop.
The right-of-way rule for uncontrolled intersections (yield to the vehicle on your right) applies even at roundabouts.
True
False
Answer: False
The handbook specifically excepts roundabouts from the 'yield to the right' rule at uncontrolled intersections; roundabouts instead use yield signs at each entry.