A 3-minute lesson from the West Virginia 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, but they never give you permission to crash. Safety comes before right-of-way: it is something you give, not something you take.
Right-of-way
The privilege of the immediate use of the highway.
Yielding to a funeral procession is a courtesy, not a legal requirement. Once the lead vehicle clears an intersection, the rest of the procession has the right-of-way; don't cut in or out. You may pass a procession on an expressway.
You and another car reach a four-way stop at the same moment; the other car is to your right. Yield and let it go first. If a car on your left goes out of turn, let it go too; right-of-way is given, not taken.
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 entering a public street from a private driveway or alley, who has the right-of-way?
Traffic already on the roadway
The entering vehicle, if signaling
Whoever arrives first
The entering vehicle, if moving slowly
Answer: Traffic already on the roadway
You must yield to traffic already on the roadway when entering from an alley, private road, or driveway.