16.2.50. When driving through this intersection, you must:
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This exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine concerns road safety when passing through uncontrolled intersections, where there are no traffic lights, traffic controllers, or priority signs. Such areas are where conflict situations most often arise, so a driver must be able to quickly determine who has the right of way and avoid creating obstacles for other road users.
The question tests the section of the Traffic Rules regarding passing intersections, in particular the application of clause 16.12 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine: at an intersection of roads of equal importance, the driver of a non-rail vehicle must yield to vehicles approaching from the right (the exception is roundabouts). It is also important here to understand the term "yield" from clause 1.10: not to start or continue moving if by doing so you force a vehicle with priority to change speed or direction.
The option where the driver tries to go first is incorrect, because at an uncontrolled intersection of equal roads, you cannot "assign" the main road based on width, number of lanes, or the presence of a median strip—the right of way is determined only by the Traffic Rules and the organization of traffic. The correct decision is to let the vehicle approaching from the right pass, as it has priority according to the "right-hand rule," which is exactly what this theoretical exam question is testing.
Clause 16.12
At an intersection of roads with equal priority, the driver of a non-rail vehicle must yield to vehicles approaching from the right, except at intersections where a roundabout is organized.
Explanation of application: if there are no priority signs and the intersection is uncontrolled, the “right-hand rule” applies — the vehicle on the right has priority, so you must yield to it.
Clause 1.10 (term “Yield (do not create obstacles)”)
Yield (do not create obstacles) — a requirement for a road user not to start, resume, or continue moving, nor to perform any maneuvers, if this may force other road users who have priority to change their direction or speed.
Explanation of application: “yield” means not forcing the vehicle with priority to brake or change its direction/speed.
Clause 1.10 (term “Intersection”)
Intersection — a place where roads cross, adjoin, or branch at the same level, the boundaries of which are imaginary lines between the beginnings of the rounding of the edges of the carriageways of each road. The place where an exit from an adjacent territory adjoins the road is not considered an intersection.
Explanation of application: the task checks the ability to recognize an actual intersection of roads (not an exit from adjacent territory), in order to correctly apply the priority rule at the intersection.
Clause 1.10 (term “Adjacent territory”)
Adjacent territory — an area adjoining the carriageway and not intended for through traffic of vehicles (yards, residential areas, parking lots, gas stations, enterprises, etc.).
Explanation of application: if the red car were exiting from adjacent territory, this would not be considered an “intersection” according to the Traffic Rules, and the rules for passing would be different; in this question, the passage of an intersection of roads with equal priority applies.
Thus, the correct answer is “Yield to the red car,” given that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, at an uncontrolled intersection of roads with equal priority, the driver must yield to the vehicle approaching from the right (the “right-hand rule”).
When passing this intersection, you first need to determine what traffic rules apply to it. If there are no priority signs, traffic lights, or a traffic controller, the intersection is considered unregulated, and by default, the roads at it are considered equivalent.
At equivalent intersections, the “give way to the vehicle on the right” rule applies. According to clause 16.12 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine, the driver of a non-rail vehicle must give way to vehicles approaching from the right (the only exception is roundabouts, but that is not the case here).
In this situation, the red car is approaching our vehicle from the right. This means that it has the right of way, and we cannot enter the intersection first. It is important to understand that a greater number of lanes, the presence of a dividing strip, or a “wider appearance” of one of the roads does not in itself make it the main road. Priority is determined only by priority signs or other means of traffic organization, which are not present here.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Give way to the red car," because at an intersection of equivalent roads, the right-hand rule according to clause 16.12 of the Traffic Rules applies, and the red car is to our right and has the right of way.