Stop, Yield, or Go
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Stop, Yield, or Go
In my normal route that I take M,W-F, I came across three of the same style of intersections, per lap, and I was wondering how you would treat it...
The road I am traveling down (we will call road A) of the two roads in question, and at the interesection my road dead ends into road B (you have to turn right or left onto road B from raod A). The interesection is a normal "T" in shape, but this is the interesting part, there is no signage at the intersection. Neither road A or road B have a stop sign or yield sign at the intersection of the roads, and the sign has not been stole (so I assume, because the rest of the sign (road names) are still there).
So do you take the interection as
a) there is no sign and it is fair game
b) treat as a yield
c) treat as a stop
legally what do I have to do? Any lawyers want to weigh in?
Does anyone else have these kind of interections, or is it just the Alabama. I guess there is no need to waste the money on a stop sign, b/c no one would stop at it any ways.
The road I am traveling down (we will call road A) of the two roads in question, and at the interesection my road dead ends into road B (you have to turn right or left onto road B from raod A). The interesection is a normal "T" in shape, but this is the interesting part, there is no signage at the intersection. Neither road A or road B have a stop sign or yield sign at the intersection of the roads, and the sign has not been stole (so I assume, because the rest of the sign (road names) are still there).
So do you take the interection as
a) there is no sign and it is fair game
b) treat as a yield
c) treat as a stop
legally what do I have to do? Any lawyers want to weigh in?
Does anyone else have these kind of interections, or is it just the Alabama. I guess there is no need to waste the money on a stop sign, b/c no one would stop at it any ways.
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I'd yield or stop. "Stopping" could just mean reducing your speed and taking the corner slowly so that you don't miss a vehicle that could be coming towards you. There are tons of motorists who wouldn't even see you and plow right through you if you didn't yield or stop, whether you were legally right or not. If I was on the road going straight I would still take the precaution of making eye contact with any driver waiting to turn out. If a driver doesn't look in my direction, I slow and try to get his attention.
Legally, you've got to yield to the traffic on the straight road.
-Moab
I'd yield or stop. "Stopping" could just mean reducing your speed and taking the corner slowly so that you don't miss a vehicle that could be coming towards you. There are tons of motorists who wouldn't even see you and plow right through you if you didn't yield or stop, whether you were legally right or not. If I was on the road going straight I would still take the precaution of making eye contact with any driver waiting to turn out. If a driver doesn't look in my direction, I slow and try to get his attention.
Legally, you've got to yield to the traffic on the straight road.
-Moab
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Originally posted by mechBgon
Because you must turn at this intersection, you would have to yield.
Because you must turn at this intersection, you would have to yield.
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Like mechBgon said, the road that goes through (road B) has the right of way, so you'd at least have to yield, if not come to a complete stop (what they'd want you to do if you were taking your driver's road test).
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Like everyone else said, you yield to B. My friend found this out the hard way a while back. Lucky for him, he was in a car and it wasn't too bad.
I take it as a general rule that you yield when turning unless something specifically tells you that you have the right-of-way.
I take it as a general rule that you yield when turning unless something specifically tells you that you have the right-of-way.
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A premise of the rules of the road is that traffic "entering" a road from a drive or more minor road yields to traffic on the road. Since your road "a" ends, road "b" is the "more significant" road and so you must yield.
But certainly some signage is needed!
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But certainly some signage is needed!
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Originally posted by aluckyfiji
The interesection is a normal "T" in shape, but this is the interesting part, there is no signage at the intersection. legally what do I have to do?
The interesection is a normal "T" in shape, but this is the interesting part, there is no signage at the intersection. legally what do I have to do?
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Under Maryland law the through street is treated as a boulevard and users from the terminated highway are burdened to yield to traffic on the through street, regardless of any shortcomings in the actions of users on the through street. Some horrendous examples have included giving right of way (in post accident litigation) to vehicles going the wrong way down a one-way street, without headlights at night.
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Originally posted by hayneda
But certainly some signage is needed!
Dave
But certainly some signage is needed!
Dave