Right of way — Pennsylvania Permit Test

Right of way on the Pennsylvania permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

At an uncontrolled intersection reached at the same time, yield to the driver on your right.

Two drivers who arrive together each think they were first, so one fixed rule settles it without eye contact.

A driver turning left must yield to approaching traffic close enough to create a hazard.

The turning vehicle crosses the path of oncoming traffic, so it waits for a safe gap.

A driver entering a roadway from a driveway, alley, or private road must yield to traffic already on the roadway.

Traffic on the road cannot see into a driveway, so the driver pulling out is the one who has to wait.

On the test

Two drivers reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same moment. What does each owe the other?

Yield to the driver approaching from the right. Two drivers who arrive together each think they were first, so one fixed rule settles it without eye contact.

How this works

Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.

You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.

Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual, published by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-08-31.