You are turning right at an intersection and a bicyclist is approaching from the right. What should you do?
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A.
Let the bicyclist pass through the intersection before you turn. Correct
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B.
Turn ahead of the bicyclist since vehicles have priority.
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C.
Turn at the same time; the bicyclist will move out of your way.
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D.
Speed up to complete the turn before the bicyclist arrives.
The answer is "Let the bicyclist pass through the intersection before you turn."
When you are turning right and a bicyclist is approaching on the right, let the bicyclist pass first. Drivers who apply the habit that a car outranks a bike at every intersection pick the answer about turning ahead of the bicyclist.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Turn ahead of the bicyclist since vehicles have priority.
Vehicles do not have automatic priority over bicyclists at an intersection under Illinois law. This answer applies the general road-hierarchy assumption that a larger vehicle always outranks a smaller one.
C. Turn at the same time; the bicyclist will move out of your way.
Two road users making the same movement at the same time is exactly the crash the rule is designed to prevent. This answer treats the bicyclist as expected to yield, when the manual makes the turning driver do the yielding.
D. Speed up to complete the turn before the bicyclist arrives.
Speeding up to turn first does the opposite of the rule: the driver should wait and let the bicyclist go through the intersection first. This answer falls back on the habit of racing past cyclists to clear the intersection quickly.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Chapter 5: Bicycles: Manual, Gas or Electric Powered," p.43..
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