Yielding at intersections — Kansas Permit Test

Kansas law says who must yield the right-of-way to another roadway user; it does not give anyone the right-of-way, and you only gain it when another roadway user gives it to you.

Nobody is handed the road. A driver who insists on what they are owed is the one who causes the crash.

The law says who must yield the right-of-way to another roadway user; it does not give anyone the right-of-way.

A Kansas driver must do everything possible to prevent striking a pedestrian, property or another vehicle, regardless of the circumstances.

Being in the right is no comfort afterwards. The duty to avoid the crash never transfers to the other driver.

You must do everything possible you can to prevent striking a pedestrian, property, or another vehicle, regardless of the circumstances.

A Kansas driver must yield to pedestrians always, even if they are jaywalking or crossing the street where they should not be.

A person in the wrong place still loses against a car. Their mistake does not become your right to hit them.

You must yield to pedestrians always. Even if they are jaywalking or crossing the street where they should not be, you must stop for them.

Pedestrians using a guide dog or carrying a white cane must be given the right-of-way always in Kansas, and a driver should not use the horn because it could confuse or frighten the pedestrian or the dog.

A horn tells a blind person nothing about where you are. It can startle the dog into the road.

Do not use your horn as it could confuse or frighten the visually impaired pedestrian or guide dog.

At a Kansas uncontrolled intersection with no stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal, a driver must yield to vehicles in the intersection and those coming from the right.

Residential corners often have nothing at all. The car on your right goes first is the rule that fills the gap.

At an uncontrolled intersection, such as in a residential area, where there is no stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal, you must yield to vehicles in the intersection and those coming from the right.

At a Kansas 4-way stop the driver reaching the intersection first should be given the right-of-way, and if more than one vehicle arrives at the same time the vehicle on the right goes first.

First to arrive, first to go. A tie is broken by the car on the right, so nobody has to negotiate.

At a 4-way stop, the driver reaching the intersection first should be given the right-of-way by other drivers approaching the 4-way stop. If more than one vehicle arrives at the same time, the vehicle on the right goes first.

When crossing a sidewalk to enter or exit a Kansas driveway, alley or parking lot a driver must yield to pedestrians, and it is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it.

The sidewalk belongs to people on foot. Crossing it is the only thing a car may do there.

It is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it, such as at a driveway.

When turning left in Kansas a driver must yield to oncoming vehicles going straight ahead or turning right.

Your turn crosses two streams of traffic. Both of them go before you do.

When turning left you must yield to oncoming vehicles going straight ahead or turning right.

When entering a Kansas road from a driveway, alley or roadside a driver must yield to vehicles already on the main road.

Traffic on the road does not slow down for you. Waiting for a gap is the whole of the job.

When entering a road from a driveway, alley or roadside you must yield to vehicles already on the main road.

A Kansas driver may not enter an intersection unless they can get through it without blocking traffic flow, and should wait until traffic ahead clears.

Stopping in the middle of an intersection stops everyone else. Waiting behind the line costs one light change.

You may not enter an intersection unless you can get through it without blocking traffic flow.

What does Kansas say the right-of-way rules do?

They say who must yield, not who is given the right-of-way. Nobody is handed the road. A driver who insists on what they are owed is the one who causes the crash. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.33: “The law says who must yield the right-of-way to another roadway user; it does not give anyone the right-of-way.”