Yielding right of way — Kentucky Permit Test

Kentucky's yielding rules determine which driver should yield and the sequence for entering and driving through an intersection.

Somebody has to go first, and these rules are how two drivers agree on who without speaking.

These rules determine which driver should yield the right of way and the sequence for entering and driving through an intersection or other driving scenarios.

No Kentucky driver should assume they automatically have the right of way, because the situation and circumstances at the intersection must always be considered.

Being in the right is no protection if the other driver does not stop.

Although yielding right-of-way rules provide a guide to determine who should yield the right of way, no one should assume he or she automatically has the right of way.

A Kentucky driver should yield to the driver who is at, or arrives before them at, the intersection.

First there goes first. It is the simplest of the rules and the one most often ignored.

The driver who is at or arrives before you at the intersection;

A Kentucky driver making a left turn must yield to drivers in the opposing traffic lane, including vehicles turning right.

The right-turning car crosses the same space the left-turning car wants, and it gets there first.

Drivers in the opposing traffic lane when you are making a left turn. This includes vehicles turning right;

At a four-way intersection controlled by stop signs, a Kentucky driver yields to the driver on their right if both arrive at the same time.

When two cars arrive together there has to be a tie-breaker, and the right-hand car is it.

The driver on your right at a four-way intersection controlled by stop signs if both of you arrive at the intersection at the same time;

A Kentucky driver entering a highway from a driveway or private road must yield to drivers already on the public highway.

The traffic on the road has no reason to expect a car appearing from a driveway.

Drivers on a public highway if you are entering the highway from a driveway or a private road;

Kentucky drivers on a minor road must yield to drivers on a main road.

The main road carries more and faster traffic, and it does not expect to stop.

Drivers on a minor road must yield to drivers on a main road.

A Kentucky driver on an entrance or acceleration ramp must yield to drivers already on a limited access or interstate highway.

The ramp exists so the merging car can match speed, not so the highway has to brake.

Drivers already on a limited access or interstate highway if you are on the entrance or acceleration ramp; and

A Kentucky driver must yield to pedestrians, bicyclists and other drivers who are still in the intersection.

A green light does not clear the intersection. Whoever is still in it goes first.

Pedestrians, bicyclists, and other drivers who are still in the intersection.

What do Kentucky's yielding rules determine?

Which driver should yield and the sequence for entering an intersection. Somebody has to go first, and these rules are how two drivers agree on who without speaking. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.34: “These rules determine which driver should yield the right of way and the sequence for entering and driving through an intersection or other driving scenarios.”