Laws must know yield and snow — Rhode Island Permit Test

Where there are no signs or signals, when two vehicles reach an intersection from different streets at about the same time, the driver on the left yields to the vehicle on the right.

Without a rule both drivers go at once and meet in the middle of the intersection.

In the absence of signs or signals, when two (2) vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different highways or streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left must yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

Rhode Island makes motorists responsible for removing snow and ice that limit vision, and for clearing snow off the roof that could blow onto other vehicles' windshields.

A slab of snow sliding off a roof at highway speed can blind the driver behind.

Rhode Island law makes the motorist responsible for removing from the vehicle snow and ice that limit vision and for clearing away from the roof of the vehicle any snow that might blow down on the windshield or windows of other vehicles.

Two cars reach an unmarked intersection from different streets at the same time. Who must yield?

The vehicle on the left. Without a rule both drivers go at once and meet in the middle of the intersection. Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, p.58: “In the absence of signs or signals, when two (2) vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different highways or streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left must yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.”