You reach a stop sign carrying an 'ALL WAY' plate at the same instant as another vehicle from a different approach. What does the manual say to do?
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A.
Wait for the driver behind you to signal you through.
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B.
The driver going straight has priority over turning drivers.
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C.
Yield to the vehicle on your right. Correct
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D.
The larger vehicle takes the intersection first.
The answer is "Yield to the vehicle on your right."
At an all-way stop, the tie between two vehicles that arrive together goes to the driver on the right. Choice B is the trap for a reader carrying the unprotected-left rule (that the straight driver has priority over one crossing their path) into an intersection where that rule does not govern.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Wait for the driver behind you to signal you through.
The manual sets the priority between the two arriving drivers, not among trailing traffic. Invents a fallback because the actual tie-breaker went unlearned.
B. The driver going straight has priority over turning drivers.
Direction of travel is not the tie-breaker at an all-way stop. Carries the unprotected-left habit from other intersections and applies it to a four-way tie the manual settles by position.
D. The larger vehicle takes the intersection first.
Vehicle size does not decide right-of-way. Falls back on a size-based rule of thumb the manual never sanctions.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Regulatory and Warning Signs," p.31..
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