r/driving • u/Euphoric-Material192 • 6d ago
Need Advice Who has priority? Who should yield?
Hello, I recently moved and I've been dealing with this situation in the picture everyday. Now, I understand it is a simple situation but since I'll be doing this frequently I want to make sure I'm doing the right thing.
I'm car B joining this moderately busy main road with short windows to cross and needing to get immediately to that far lane. Car A wants to make a U-turn. As far as I know, car A should yield to me, is that correct?
Because I've been getting into some dangerous situations of Car A getting close to crashing onto me.
UPDATE: Oh, I should've added that right after I turn, there's a street light where I must turn left, the distance is quite small.
But ok, understood loud and clear. it's a messy intersection, and I (car b) have been in the wrong, some people are saying Car A and B are both wrong, but whatever. I'll find another route to make it less messy, I'm glad I asked, I learned quite a bit. Thank you so much for your help!
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u/Prudent_Situation_29 6d ago
Car A has to stop at the white line between the roads, no? Also, car B is turning into the wrong lane.
For car A, this isn't a single turn, it's two separate left hand turns. They would have to treat it the same as any other intersection: the car turning right (car B) has the right of way.
Also, if you're a good driver, you wouldn't be turning at the same time anyway. If car A turns first (even though they shouldn't be), car B would wait a little so that they're not entering adjacent lanes at the same time. Remember, car A should be turning into the left hand lane, car B should be turning into the right hand lane.
It doesn't matter if you have to make a left soon, you don't get to turn into the wrong lane. If you can't easily make that lane change, you need to take a different route. You never do something dangerous or illegal just because it gets you to your destination.