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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4323192" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>Maybe in Britain, but in the US, it’s almost always the driver on the right who is required to yield when traffic is converging. </p><p></p><p>Basically, the two yield requirements are independent of each other; the left turn yield is dependent on the north-south traffic, and the right turn yield is dependent on the east-west traffic. The driver turning left from the southbound street is effectively eastbound traffic when the merge happens, so the northbound-to-eastbound right-turn driver is required to yield.</p><p></p><p>If you offset the intersections, it becomes easier to understand. Instead of making the intersection a crossroad, move the southbound lanes west by 500 feet, so the northbound and southbound lanes make two independent T intersections with the east/west road. Now you can see how the person who makes the left turn from the southbound road is part of the eastbound traffic when he gets to the northbound intersection, and you can see why the person making the right turn from the northbound lane has a yield requirement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 4323192, member: 26737"] Maybe in Britain, but in the US, it’s almost always the driver on the right who is required to yield when traffic is converging. Basically, the two yield requirements are independent of each other; the left turn yield is dependent on the north-south traffic, and the right turn yield is dependent on the east-west traffic. The driver turning left from the southbound street is effectively eastbound traffic when the merge happens, so the northbound-to-eastbound right-turn driver is required to yield. If you offset the intersections, it becomes easier to understand. Instead of making the intersection a crossroad, move the southbound lanes west by 500 feet, so the northbound and southbound lanes make two independent T intersections with the east/west road. Now you can see how the person who makes the left turn from the southbound road is part of the eastbound traffic when he gets to the northbound intersection, and you can see why the person making the right turn from the northbound lane has a yield requirement. [/QUOTE]
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