When should you yield your legal right-of-way?

• A. It helps prevent crashes
• B. You should always yield at every intersection
• C. It is never necessary
• D. It delays traffic unnecessarily

Answer: (A)

Yielding your right-of-way is about safety: giving priority to others to prevent collisions. When another road user has the priority—like a vehicle on the through road, a pedestrian in a crosswalk, or traffic already in the intersection—you slow or stop to let them go first. This keeps conflicts from happening and makes traffic flow more predictably. For example, at a yield sign you reduce speed and be prepared to stop if someone has the right to proceed. When turning left, you yield to oncoming traffic; pedestrians always have the right-of-way in crosswalks.

This approach isn’t about delaying unnecessarily or yielding at every intersection; it’s about following the rules to know when it’s your turn and when it isn’t. You proceed when you have the right-of-way and it’s safe to do so.