You are entering a paved road from an unpaved side road at an intersection with no signs or signals. What must you do?
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A.
Proceed since you reached the intersection first.
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B.
Yield the right-of-way to traffic on the paved road. Correct
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C.
Traffic on the paved road must yield to you.
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D.
Both drivers must stop before entering the intersection.
The answer is "Yield the right-of-way to traffic on the paved road."
Florida's open-intersection rules require a driver leaving an unpaved road to yield to traffic on the paved road. Drivers pick A by extending the all-way stop's 'first to arrive goes first' tiebreaker, but the paved-vs-unpaved rule at an open intersection outranks arrival order.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Proceed since you reached the intersection first.
Arrival order does not override the paved-road yield rule at an open intersection. Extends the all-way stop's first-to-arrive tiebreaker into an open intersection where the paved-vs-unpaved rule controls instead.
C. Traffic on the paved road must yield to you.
The rule assigns the yield to the driver coming off the unpaved surface, not to paved-road traffic. Reverses the yield direction, applying the intuition that a driver already committed to entering the intersection keeps priority over cross traffic.
D. Both drivers must stop before entering the intersection.
There is no stop requirement at an open intersection; only a yield obligation on one side. Imports the all-way stop procedure into an intersection the manual specifically labels as having no controls.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Driving Safety: Open Intersections," p.62..
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