Right of Way Study Set questions 100% correct answers

What is right of way? - correct answer The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian that is approaching from a direction, at a speed, and within a proximity that could cause a collision unless one grants precedence to the other. What is the number one cause of accidents in Texas? - correct answer Failure to yield What is an intersection? - correct answer the common area at the junction of two highways What are the two types of intersections? - correct answer Controlled intersections Uncontrolled intersections What are controlled intersections? - correct answer Intersections at which signs and signals determine the right of way What are uncontrolled intersections? - correct answer Intersections that have no signs and signals to regulate traffic What are nontraditional intersections? - correct answer Intersections like roundabouts What does the law say about controlled intersections? - correct answer Driver should be grant immediate use of intersection Only when required by a traffic control device What do you do if you have any doubt? - correct answer Don't proceed What should the driver do when it approaches a STOP sign at an intersection? - correct answer Driver should stop Yield the right-of-way to any vehicle that has already entered the intersection from another roadway, as well as to any vehicle that is approaching so close that it would represent an immediate hazard to the driver's passage through the intersection.