16.2.38. You will pass this intersection:
UAВи проїдете дане перехрестя:
This exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine concerns the safe passage through uncontrolled intersections, where there are no traffic lights, traffic controllers, or priority signs. It is at such locations that conflict situations most often arise, which is why theoretical exams regularly include tasks on determining the order of movement and the correct application of the “give way to the right” rule.
The question tests the section of the Traffic Rules regarding passing intersections, specifically the requirements of clause 16.12 (equivalent roads and the priority of vehicles approaching from the right) and, in certain cases, clause 16.13 (obligations when turning left/making a U-turn). The logic is simple: at an equivalent intersection, the driver must yield to the one on their right, and if there is no one on the right, they have the right to go first. In this situation, there is no “obstacle on the right” for your vehicle, so you start moving first; then, after you have passed, the next participant for whom the vehicle on the right disappears may proceed, and the last will be the one who always has an “obstacle on the right.”
Why the other options are incorrect: the statement that you should go after the red car contradicts rule 16.12, since priority is determined not by “who is braver” or “who is closer,” but solely by the presence of a vehicle on the right. The “last” option is also incorrect, because the obligation to wait arises only when there is a participant on the right who must be given way (see the definition of “give way” in clause 1.10), and in your case, there is no such obligation. A practical tip for quickly checking on the exam: at a four-way equivalent intersection with three cars, find the “empty” direction and determine the order of movement clockwise—the first will be the one who has this free direction on their right.
Clause 16.12
At an intersection of roads of equal importance, the driver of a non-rail vehicle must yield to vehicles approaching from the right. This rule also applies to trams.
Brief application: at an uncontrolled intersection of roads of equal importance, priority is determined by the “right-hand rule” — whoever has a vehicle to their right must yield; whoever has no one to their right proceeds first.
Clause 16.13
Before turning left or making a U-turn, the driver of a non-rail vehicle must yield to a tram moving in the same direction and to vehicles moving straight or turning right from the opposite direction.
Brief application: if someone is turning left or making a U-turn at an intersection of equal roads, in addition to the “right-hand rule,” they must also yield to the relevant vehicles (oncoming, as well as trams moving in the same direction).
Clause 1.10 (term “Yield (do not create an obstacle)”)
Yield (do not create an obstacle) — a requirement for a road user not to continue or resume movement, or perform any maneuvers, if this may force other road users who have the right of way to change their direction or speed.
Clause 1.10 (term “Roads of equal importance”)
Roads of equal importance — intersecting roads where the order of passage is not determined by priority signs, traffic lights, or a traffic controller.
Thus, the correct answer is “First,” given that according to the definition of the Traffic Rules at an intersection of roads of equal importance, priority is given to vehicles approaching from the right, and your vehicle has no “obstacle on the right.”
There are no priority signs or traffic lights at this intersection, so it is considered an intersection of equal roads. In such a situation, according to points 16.12 and 16.13 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine, drivers are required to determine the order of passage according to the rule of giving way to the vehicle approaching from the right.
Let's start with our car. There is no vehicle to our right that is simultaneously claiming the right to pass through the intersection, so we do not have to yield to anyone according to the "right-hand rule." This means that we have the right to proceed first.
After our car passes, the yellow car will no longer have a vehicle to its right (that is, us), so it can proceed next. The driver of the red car, in turn, has a vehicle to the right (the yellow one), so they must wait until it passes through the intersection.
As a practical way to quickly check yourself in such diagrams: at a four-way intersection of equal roads with three cars, find the "empty" direction (where there is no car) and then determine the order clockwise—the first will be the one who has this free direction to their right.
Thus, the correct answer is "First," because at an intersection of equal roads we do not have a vehicle to our right and therefore are not required to yield, while the other drivers must yield to those who are to their right.