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Road-rule mix: Intersection priority

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  1. 1. You and a car on your right approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at approximately the same time. Neither road has priority controls, and no officer is directing traffic. Who must yield?
  2. 2. You intend to turn left into a driveway. An oncoming car is close enough that your turn would create an immediate hazard. What should you do?
  3. 3. At a stop-sign intersection there is no marked stop line, but there is a crosswalk on the near side. No officer or signal directs you to proceed. Where must your initial stop be made?
  4. 4. You have made a complete stop at a stop sign. A vehicle on the crossing highway is close enough to be an immediate hazard while you cross. What does your stop entitle you to do?
  5. 5. You approach a yield sign. After slowing, you can see that entering now would conflict with a car already in the intersection. What should you do?
  6. 6. You are leaving a private driveway to enter a highway. A car is approaching on the highway. Which priority rule applies?
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  1. You and a car on your right approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at approximately the same time. Neither road has priority controls, and no officer is directing traffic. Who must yield?

    Correct answer: You must yield to the car on your right.

    Under these stated conditions, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. Through-highway rules and officer directions can modify the ordinary rule, so they are excluded from this scenario.

    Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1046(a)–(b): approximately simultaneous arrival; through-highway and officer modifications. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗

  2. You intend to turn left into a driveway. An oncoming car is close enough that your turn would create an immediate hazard. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Yield and wait for a safe opportunity to turn.

    The left-turn yielding duty applies at intersections and at alleys, private roads and driveways. A signal does not transfer priority over an opposing vehicle that presents an immediate hazard.

    Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1047(a): left-turn yielding to opposing vehicles in intersection or constituting immediate hazard. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗

  3. At a stop-sign intersection there is no marked stop line, but there is a crosswalk on the near side. No officer or signal directs you to proceed. Where must your initial stop be made?

    Correct answer: Before entering the near-side crosswalk.

    The stop sequence is the marked stop line, or if absent, before the near-side crosswalk. Only when neither exists does the statute use the nearest point with a view of intersecting traffic before entering.

    Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1048(b): stop at marked line; if none before near crosswalk; if neither at nearest viewing point before entry. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗

  4. You have made a complete stop at a stop sign. A vehicle on the crossing highway is close enough to be an immediate hazard while you cross. What does your stop entitle you to do?

    Correct answer: Nothing that overrides the hazard; remain stopped and yield until you can proceed safely.

    A complete stop does not end the duty to yield. You must also yield to vehicles already in the intersection or approaching closely enough to be an immediate hazard during your movement.

    Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1048(b): post-stop yielding to vehicles in intersection or approaching as immediate hazard. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗

  5. You approach a yield sign. After slowing, you can see that entering now would conflict with a car already in the intersection. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Stop as needed and yield rather than continue into the conflict.

    A yield sign requires reasonable slowing and a stop when safety requires it. Slowing alone does not remove the duty to yield to a vehicle in the intersection or an approaching immediate hazard.

    Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1048(c): reasonable slowing, stop when safety requires, and yielding to immediate hazards. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗

  6. You are leaving a private driveway to enter a highway. A car is approaching on the highway. Which priority rule applies?

    Correct answer: You must yield to the approaching highway traffic.

    The special private-entry rule requires yielding to vehicles and vulnerable users approaching on the highway. It is not the simultaneous-arrival rule for two ordinary intersecting highways.

    Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1049: private-road, alley, building or driveway entry; approaching highway traffic priority. Vermont Statutes Online: compilation includes actions of the 2025 session; unofficial VSA copy. Read October 1, 2026; no full 2026 session-law reconciliation. ↗

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