Right of way

A T intersection with no signs

You and car B enter an unsigned T intersection at the same time. Your road ends there, and car B's road continues through. Who has the right of way?

A T intersection with no signsYouB
A T intersection with no signsYouB

You and car B enter an unsigned T intersection at the same time. Your road ends there, and car B's road continues through. Who has the right of way?

Explanation

T intersection: the rule

The rule

When two vehicles enter an unsigned T intersection at the same time, the driver on the road that ends yields to traffic on the continuing road.

The reasoning

The terminating road is the one joining, so its driver yields when both vehicles enter together. This applies even where nothing is posted.

The usual mistake

Assuming the right hand rule applies here too. It does not. The road layout settles it before the right hand rule ever gets a chance.

What the state codes require

California

CVC 21800

When two vehicles enter at the same time, a driver on a road that ends at the intersection yields to a vehicle on the road that continues through it.

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