Intersections and right of way — North Carolina Permit Test

An intersection is any place where two or more roads meet or cross; crashes occur most frequently at intersections, and more than one-third of fatal crashes happen there.

Intersections are where paths cross, so they are where cars meet. Most of the rules in this chapter are about them for that reason.

Crashes occur most frequently at intersections, and they are considered the most dangerous places on a street or highway.

On four-lane highways separated by a median of more than 30 feet, each crossing constitutes a separate intersection.

A wide median makes the two roadways separate roads. Crossing one and then the other is two intersections, with two sets of rules.

On four-lane highways separated by a median of more than 30 feet, each crossing constitutes a separate intersection.

The law requires you to slow down when you come to an intersection, even if you have the right of way.

Having the right of way does not mean the other driver knows it. Slowing gives you time to find out.

The law requires that you slow down when you come to an intersection, even if you have the right of way.

At an intersection without signs or signals, the vehicle already in the intersection has the right of way over any vehicle that has not yet entered.

A car already in the crossing cannot get out of the way. The one still approaching can.

The vehicle already in the intersection has the right of way ahead of any vehicle that has not yet entered;

When two or more vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same time, the vehicle to the right has the right of way.

Both drivers need one rule they can apply without talking. Yielding to the right is that rule.

When two or more vehicles reach an intersection at the same time, the vehicle to the right has the right of way;

When two facing vehicles reach an intersection at the same time and one is going straight while the other wants to turn left, the driver turning left must signal and wait, so the driver going straight has the right of way.

The left turn crosses the other car’s path. The car going straight crosses nobody’s, so it goes first.

If one driver is going straight while the other wants to turn left, the driver who wants to turn must wait.

Never change lanes while moving straight ahead through an intersection.

Drivers turning into the intersection are counting on you to hold your line. A lane change there crosses their path.

Never change lanes while you are moving straight ahead through an intersection.

At an intersection with a stop sign, come to a complete stop and yield to traffic on the through street; do not move ahead or turn until you can proceed safely.

The stop sign puts the whole burden on you. The through street does not slow down for you.

When you approach an intersection with a stop sign, you must come to a complete stop and yield to the traffic on the through-street. Do not move ahead or turn until you can proceed safely.

When exiting a private driveway, stop and yield to all other vehicles and pedestrians, and at unmarked intersections where it is hard to see, stop and then move forward slowly.

A driveway has no right of way at all. Everything on the street and the sidewalk goes before you.

When exiting a private driveway, stop and yield to all other vehicles and pedestrians.

Where do crashes occur most frequently?

At intersections. Intersections are where paths cross, so they are where cars meet. Most of the rules in this chapter are about them for that reason. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.57: “Crashes occur most frequently at intersections, and they are considered the most dangerous places on a street or highway.”