Traffic rules

Who Gives Way First at a Junction in Zimbabwe?

Top-down study diagram: the red car gives way and the blue car from the right has priority. — Study diagram. The red car waits because the blue car is approaching from its right. No sign is changing that order.

Unsigned crossroads

This is the question behind "who gives way first". Imagine you are the red car. Look to your right, not to the car that is slightly closer to the middle. If a vehicle is approaching from your right and your paths will cross, you wait. It does not matter who hooted, who is in a hurry, or who thinks their car is larger.

If you are turning, you also give way to pedestrians crossing the road you are entering, and you do not turn across traffic that is too close.

When a sign changes the answer

Stop sign on your approach: you stop completely, then give way. You do not roll because the right-hand road looks quiet.
Yield sign: you give way to traffic on the road you are joining. You need not make a full stop if that road is empty and you can take the gap safely.
T-junction: if you are on the stem of the T, you give way to traffic on the top of the T, even if that traffic is coming from your left.
Traffic lights: the light wins. A green light still means go only if the junction is clear.
Roundabout: give way to traffic from your right that is already on the roundabout. Circulate clockwise.

The same scenes are drawn on the giving-way diagram page. Practise them until the picture and this list feel identical.

Short lesson preview

A short cut from the PassDrive junction-rules lesson. The full lesson is in the app, and the first 4 lessons are free.

Free practice question

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

Two cars reach an unsigned crossroads together. One is on your right. Who goes first?

Crossroads diagram with the priority car on the right.

You, if you entered the junction a moment earlier
The car on your right
Whoever is going straight
The car travelling fastest

Show the answer

B. The car on your right. With no sign and no light, give way to traffic from the right.

Questions people ask

Does "I got there first" decide it?

Not at an unsigned crossroads. Priority from the right decides it. Arrival time matters at an all-way stop, which is a different layout.

What if a traffic officer is in the junction?

Obey the officer. An officer overrides the sign and the general rule.