A 3-minute lesson from the Tennessee course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
The law doesn't actually give anyone the right-of-way — it only says who must yield. Treat the right-of-way as something you give, not take. If another driver doesn't yield, let them go: avoiding a crash comes first.
Yield to pedestrians:
In a marked or unmarked crosswalk, or on your half of the road, or close enough to be in danger
Crossing with the light while you turn a corner
On the sidewalk as you cross it from a driveway, alley or lot
Children playing in the street — slow down near schools, playgrounds, neighborhoods
In a marked school zone with flashers on, stop for a pedestrian in a marked or unmarked crosswalk and stay stopped until they have crossed your roadway.
For a blind pedestrian with a guide dog or a white (or red-tipped white) cane, or a hearing-impaired person with a dog on a blaze orange leash, stop at least 10 feet away until they're off the road — even outside a crosswalk. Don't honk.
Left turn and vehicle-already-in-intersection situations
Know the rule
If you have the right-of-way and the other driver yields it, go immediately. Don't enter an intersection unless you can get all the way through without stopping.
You and another car reach an all-way stop at the same moment; it's on your right. It goes first. If you'd arrived clearly first, you'd go first — but still check that it's actually waiting before you pull out.
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 with no signs or signals, if two vehicles arrive at about the same time, who must yield?
The left driver yields to the right
The driver going straight always yields
The larger vehicle always has the right-of-way
The faster vehicle goes first
Answer: The left driver yields to the right
Where roads cross with no signs or signals, you must yield to any vehicle arriving at the same time on your right.
