Yielding at intersections — Texas Permit Test
Yielding at intersections on the Texas permit test — 8 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A driver on a single or two-lane road that meets a divided road, or one with three or more lanes, must yield to traffic on the larger road.
The bigger road carries more traffic and moves faster. Texas decides the order by the road rather than by who arrives.
lanes, you must yield the right-of-way to vehicles traveling on the divided or three (3) or more lane road
A driver on an unpaved road that meets a paved road must yield to traffic on the paved road.
A car coming off gravel takes longer to stop and is harder to see. The paved road keeps its flow.
If you are driving on an unpaved road that intersects with a paved road, you must yield the right-of-way to vehicles traveling on the paved road
At an intersection with no signs, signals, extra lanes, or pavement to settle it, a driver yields to any vehicle that has entered or is approaching from the right.
With nothing posted, both drivers need the same rule in their head. Texas picks the right-hand vehicle so there is one answer.
yield the right-of-way to any vehicle that has entered or is approaching the intersection on your right
When turning left, a driver always yields to any vehicle coming straight through from the other direction.
The oncoming driver has nowhere to go and no reason to expect you. Turning across them is the crash this rule exists for.
When turning left, always yield the right-of-way to any vehicle coming straight through from the other direction.
A driver entering or crossing a road from a private road, alley, building, or driveway must stop before the sidewalk and yield to all approaching vehicles and pedestrians.
Somebody on the sidewalk cannot see a car coming out of a garage. The stop happens before the sidewalk, not at the curb.
stop prior to the sidewalk and yield the right-of-way to all approaching vehicles and pedestrians
A driver on a street that ends at a through street must stop and yield to vehicles on the through street.
The road simply stops, and everything on the other road keeps going. Nothing about arriving first changes that.
you must stop and yield the right-of-way to vehicles on the through street
Where three or more lanes carry traffic the same way, a vehicle entering a lane from the right yields to a vehicle entering the same lane from the left.
Two cars can aim for the same gap from opposite sides. Texas decides it in advance rather than in the gap.
right must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle entering the same lane of traffic from the left
A driver on the frontage road of a controlled-access highway must yield to a vehicle entering or leaving the highway.
Traffic coming off a highway is still carrying highway speed. The frontage road has room to wait and the ramp does not.
The driver traveling on a frontage road of a controlled-access highway must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle: • Entering or about to enter the frontage road from the highway; and • Leaving or about to leave the frontage road to enter the highway
On the test
Who yields where a two-lane road meets a road with three or more lanes?
The driver on the two-lane road. The bigger road carries more traffic and moves faster. Texas decides the order by the road rather than by who arrives. Texas Driver Handbook, p.20: “lanes, you must yield the right-of-way to vehicles traveling on the divided or three (3) or more lane road”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)