10.10. As the driver of a car, when turning right in the situation shown, you must:
UAВи, як водій автомобіля, повертаючи праворуч в показаній ситуації повинні:
This is an exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine about safe maneuvering when turning right and interacting with vulnerable road users, particularly cyclists. Such situations often occur near entrances to courtyards, parking lots, or gas stations, and a driver's mistake can lead to a conflict of trajectories and a traffic accident. The theoretical exam tests not only knowledge of signs and markings but also understanding of priority and the duty to 'give way' in specific conditions.
The question belongs to the section of the Traffic Rules concerning starting to move and changing direction, with an emphasis on the requirements of paragraph 10.2 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine: when leaving the road for adjacent territory, the driver must give way to cyclists and pedestrians whose direction of movement he crosses. That is why the cyclist's priority remains regardless of how the designated area for their movement is marked (lane or path) and whether the driver is turning in a place where the markings allow it.
When explaining the options, the correct one is the one that provides for the mandatory yielding to the cyclist: this directly follows from paragraph 10.2, and also aligns with paragraph 10.1 (any change of direction must be safe) and the definition of 'give way' from paragraph 1.10 (not forcing another road user to brake or change trajectory). The option stating that yielding is not necessary because the cyclist is riding in a bicycle lane is incorrect, because it is precisely the crossing of their direction during the exit from the road that creates the obligation to yield. The option involving a signal and 'turning first' is also incorrect: a sound signal does not replace the requirements of the traffic rules and does not give the driver priority.
Clause 10.2
"When entering a road from a residential area, yards, parking lots, gas stations, and other adjacent territories, the driver must yield to pedestrians and vehicles moving along the roadway or sidewalk before entering them, and when leaving the road, to cyclists and pedestrians whose direction of movement he crosses."
In this situation, when you are turning right and leaving the road (onto an adjacent territory/entrance), you are crossing the cyclist’s direction of movement, so you are obliged to yield to them.
Clause 10.1
"Before starting to move, changing lanes, or making any change in the direction of movement, the driver must make sure that it will be safe and will not create obstacles or danger to other road users."
Turning right is a change in the direction of movement, so the driver is required to perform the maneuver only after making sure it is safe, in particular — not obstructing a cyclist moving straight in their designated lane/path.
Clause 1.10 (term "Yield (not to create obstacles)")
"Yield (not to create obstacles) — a requirement for a road user not to continue or resume movement, nor to perform any maneuvers, if this may force other road users who have the right of way to change their direction or speed."
That is, to "yield" to a cyclist means not to start/continue the turn if your maneuver would force the cyclist to brake or change direction.
Clause 1.10 (term "Adjacent territory")
"Adjacent territory — an area adjacent to the roadway and not intended for through traffic, but only for entry to yards, parking lots, gas stations, enterprises, etc., or exit from them."
A right turn into such an entry/exit point is precisely leaving the road onto an adjacent territory, for which the requirement of clause 10.2 regarding the priority of cyclists applies directly.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Yield to the cyclist in any case," considering that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, when leaving the road, the driver is obliged to yield to cyclists whose direction of movement he crosses (clause 10.2), and to perform the turn only if it is safe and does not create obstacles (clause 10.1, the term "yield" from clause 1.10).
In this situation, you are not simply turning right at an intersection, but exiting the road onto an adjacent area (entering a yard, parking lot, gas station, etc.). During such a maneuver, you cross the path of other road users who continue moving along the road.
Clause 10.2 of the Traffic Rules establishes a separate requirement specifically for the moment of exiting the road: the driver is obliged to yield to cyclists and pedestrians whose direction of movement he is crossing. That is, even if you have already turned on your turn signal and have the technical ability to turn, you must first make sure that there is no cyclist moving along the bike lane (or designated area for cyclists) whom you would obstruct.
In practice, this means the following: you approach the place where it is allowed to cross the marking and turn right, but immediately before the turn you yield to a cyclist who is moving straight along his lane next to the road. Your maneuver does not give you the right to "squeeze in" in front of him or force him to brake or change direction.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Yield to the cyclist in any case," since when exiting the road you are crossing the cyclist's direction of movement and according to clause 10.2 of the Traffic Rules you are obliged to give way.