Which driver has the right of way when two cars approach opposite sides of intersection and one is turning left and other is turning right?

smartcookie

The driver turning right has the right of way.

StephenWeinstein

If there is no traffic light or they both have the same color light, then the one turning right. If the one turning right has a red light and the one turning left has a green left arrow, then the one turning left.

regerugged

The driver turning right has the right of way.

Blow

The driver turning right.

Scott

A vehicle turning left only has the right of way if there is a green left turn arrow. Otherwise, a left turner never has the right of way.

Peter

The driver turing right.

curtisports2

In an uncontrolled intersection, the driver turning right has the right of way.

Jon

Where? Are in a country that drives on the left or on the right?

STEPHEN

What country are you in?

doctormcgoveran

assuming an unmarked intersection the left turn yeilds to all.

Daniel

The one that was there first

dtstellwagen

Well, the side of the road you drive on reverses the answer, but the answer is based on who is entering whose right of way. If driving on the right the driver turning left has to cross the other drivers right of way.

Bertsta

On a crossroad? Whoever gets there first has right of way, but use common sense

I Call It Like I See It

In order to get my insurance rates down I recently took an online defensive driver's course through my insurance company. According to the course, no one has the right-of-way. According to the instructors when I took driver's education almost 37 years ago it depends on what's going on. The person going across the lanes has more of a responsibility to make a safe turn. If the car turning left is waiting for cross traffic to subside then it doesn't matter if the driver making the right turn got there 2nd, the person turning right would have the right away. If the person turning left is committed to completing the turn then they have the right-of-way and the car turning right has to yield. I tend to go with that. But what I also learned from taking a defensive driver's education course is that part of defensive driving is always being aware of what's going on around you and yielding to others in the name of safety. It doesn't matter who has the right of way. So I say go with with what's safe and will offer the best chance of avoiding collision.

Anonymous

The car that arrives at the intersection first. Both arrive at the same time, the car on the immediate right. The correct answer, just yield. You are not at the Indy 500 race.

Ron

Did you forget your driver education already.

AlCapone

The driver who got to the intersection first. If both arrived at the same time, the law doesn't specify which has the right-of-way. Therefore, good sense, courtesy, and extreme caution should apply. Although there may be some opinion that the car turning one way or the other has the right-of-way, if an accident occurs, that opinion won't matter. In short, don't assume some rule that doesn't exist or that the other driver shares your opinion of the non-existent rule.