- The legal right-of-way is simply the legal right to continue your route. Traffic traveling in any other direction must slow down or stop to allow you to continue. Before they can proceed, other drivers must wait for you to pass.
- It is also true that you should yield if you don’t have the right of way or your path is clear. Only when your path is clear and you have the right of way can you continue on the road.
- Traffic lights and signs are often used to control right-of-way. They identify who has the right-of-way and who must yield.
- Turning Left – If you turn left at a place without a traffic light, and must cross traffic in order to continue your journey, the right-of way laws require that you yield to approaching traffic.
- You may only have the right of way when turning left at intersections controlled by four stop signs, or by traffic lights with a designated left turn green arrow.
- If you are in the first scenario, you have the right of way over any vehicle arriving at the intersection after yours. The second situation is where the green arrow is visible.
- You can enter a roundabout or roadway by following these steps – You must give way to all traffic when merging onto the roadway or entering a circle. If necessary, slow down or stop and wait until you have enough space to continue.
Keep safe by following California’s Right-of-Way Laws
California’s right of way laws are a great way to help alleviate congestion and traffic jams. You can also protect yourself and others from potentially dangerous traffic collisions.
Summarized from an article by M&Y Personal Injury Lawyers.
