At a two-way stop, you are turning left and another driver from the opposite direction is going straight through. Who has the right-of-way?
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A.
The driver going straight. Correct
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B.
The driver who reaches the intersection first.
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C.
The driver on the wider road.
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D.
The driver turning left.
The answer is "The driver going straight."
At a two-way stop, the turning vehicle yields to the driver going straight. Choice B carries the all-way-stop "first to arrive, first to go" order over to a two-way stop; here direction of travel decides, not arrival order.
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B. The driver who reaches the intersection first.
Arrival order does not override the turning-yields-to-straight rule at a two-way stop. This answer falls back on a fairness heuristic that the first arrival gets priority, regardless of intersection type.
C. The driver on the wider road.
Road width does not decide right-of-way at a Florida two-way stop. This answer borrows a major-road-priority rule from jurisdictions that grade routes by size; Florida's manual sets no such priority at two-way stops.
D. The driver turning left.
The turning vehicle is the one required to yield at a two-way stop. Reverses the yield by treating the left-turner as the priority mover once both drivers have stopped.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Driving Safety: Intersections," p.62..
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