Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection from different roadways at the same time. Who has the right of way?
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A.
The vehicle on the right Correct
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B.
The vehicle traveling faster
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C.
The vehicle going straight
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D.
The vehicle on the left
The answer is "The vehicle on the right"
At an uncontrolled intersection where two vehicles arrive at the same time from different roadways, the vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right. Choice D is the reversal trap that catches drivers who recall the rule mentions the word left but flip which side has to give way.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. The vehicle traveling faster
Speed does not decide right of way; the rule turns on position, not on how fast either vehicle is moving. This answer reaches for speed as a tie-breaker, an instinct carried over from merge situations where matching the flow settles things.
C. The vehicle going straight
Direction of travel is not the tie-breaker for two vehicles arriving from different roadways at the same time; the vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right. This answer carries over the left-turn rule that a driver turning across oncoming traffic must yield to through traffic, applying it where the manual settles the tie by position alone.
D. The vehicle on the left
This answer flips the yield direction; the manual assigns the yield to the vehicle on the left, not to the one on the right. It reverses the rule by remembering that it names the left but forgetting which side is the one giving way.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Right of Way," p.26..
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