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At an uncontrolled T-junction (3-way intersection), right of way rules differ from country to country. In Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand [1] and parts of the United States (really just California as is cited), [2] [additional citation(s) needed] traffic on the terminating road must give way (yield) to traffic on the continuing road.
A 21-year-old Sussex County driver failed to yield to traffic and drove the wrong direction on Route 23 before his car collided with a Franklin Borough police officer's patrol vehicle on Memorial ...
Right of way drawing of U.S. Route 25E for widening project, 1981 Right of way highway marker in Athens, Georgia Julington-Durbin Peninsula power line right of way. A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.
Failure to yield right of way. [4] Failure to obey traffic signs, traffic control devices, or traffic officers, failure to observe safety zone traffic laws. [4] Failure to observe warnings or instructions on vehicle displaying them. [4] Failure to signal. [4] Driving too fast for conditions. [4] Racing. [4] Making an improper turn. [4]
The general principle that establishes who has the right to go first is called "right of way" or "priority". It establishes who has the right to use the conflicting part of the road and who has to wait until the other does so. The vehicle that does not need to wait is said to "have the right of way" or to "have priority."
The system is widely used in countries with right-hand traffic, including most European countries. What varies, however, is the prevalence of uncontrolled intersections. In some countries, the right of way at virtually all but the most minor road junctions is controlled by the display of priority vs. stop / yield signs or by traffic lights, while in others (such as France) priority-to-the ...
In Ireland, the yield sign reads yield in most areas, although in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas the text is géill slí ("yield right of way" [7]) instead. [8] [9] Signs erected between 1962 and 1997 read yield right of way, [10] which remains legally permitted. [9] Signs 1956–1962 had a blank white interior. [11]
A sign informing motorists of the state move-over law at a New York State Thruway service area. A move over law is a law which requires motorists to move over and change lanes to give safe clearance to law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulances, utility workers, and in some cases, tow-truck drivers and disabled vehicles.