Open intersections — Florida Permit Test

An open intersection is one without traffic control signs or signals.

Nothing there tells anybody what to do, so the rules have to be carried in your head.

An open intersection is one without traffic control signs or signals.

At an open intersection you must yield if a vehicle is already in the intersection.

Somebody already in it has nowhere to go, and you still have the choice to wait.

a vehicle is already in the intersection;

At an open intersection you must yield when you enter or cross a state highway from a secondary road.

The bigger road carries faster traffic, and joining it is your maneuver rather than theirs.

you enter or cross a state highway from a secondary road;

At an open intersection you must yield when you enter a paved road from an unpaved road.

Coming off dirt you have less grip and less speed, and they have neither problem.

you enter a paved road from an unpaved road; or

At an open intersection you must yield when you plan to turn left and a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction.

A left turn crosses their path, so the wait belongs to the driver making it.

you plan to make a left turn and a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction.

What makes an intersection an open one?

It has no signs or signals controlling it. Nothing there tells anybody what to do, so the rules have to be carried in your head. Official Florida Driver License Handbook, p.62: “An open intersection is one without traffic control signs or signals.”