Diagram questions
Giving-Way Diagram Questions
How to read this picture
Put yourself in the red car. Your right-hand side is where the blue car is. Your paths cross. Nothing in the picture — no light, no police officer — gives you a special priority. You wait. The blue car goes.
Change one thing and the answer can change. If the red car had already passed a stop line and the blue car was only approaching a yield sign, you would re-read it. If the layout was a T and the red car was on the through road, the car on the stem would wait even if it sat on the red car's left. Always name the layout before you name the winner.
The spoken version of this rule is on who gives way first.
Free practice questions
These are PassDrive practice examples, written so you learn the rule. The VID screen randomises its questions, so the wording on the day will be different.
Practice
You are the red car. The blue car is approaching from your right at an unsigned crossroads. Who gives way?
- The blue car, because it has further to travel
- You, the red car
- Neither. You both go if you hoot
- The car that is facing a side road
Show the answer
B. You, the red car. Give way to traffic from your right. The blue car has priority.
Practice
The same junction, but now you have a stop sign and the blue car does not. What changes?
- Nothing. You still go first if you arrived earlier
- You still give way, and you must stop completely before you do
- The stop sign cancels the blue car's priority
- You may ignore the stop sign if the blue car is slow
Show the answer
B. You still give way, and you must stop completely before you do. A stop sign adds a full stop. It does not give you priority over the cross traffic.
Questions people ask
What if three cars arrive at once?
Each driver gives way to the vehicle on their own right. In practice one gap opens. The test usually asks about two cars so the right-hand rule has a single winner.