Who Yields?

[Michael Riebs / Audi V8]

Block the intersection????? No, if there is not room in the intersection to
complete your left turn - OR for that matter to get ALL THE WAY ACROSS - you
are NOT permitted to ENTER the intersection in the first place! Even if you
have the green light!

Michael L. Riebs
Grand Rapids, Michigan

'90 V8Q
'98 A6QA

www.1stchoicegranite.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Livolsi, Stephane" <Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com>
To: "Audi Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: FW: Who Yields?


> I disagree but admit I am not the final authority on the subject.  IMHO
The
> vehicle who is turning left actually WAS turning left, but by the time he
> gets to where you are merging he is now part of the through traffic and it
> is the person who is turning right who must yield.  I suppose that way
back
> when they were deciding where to put yield signs, they decided on this
spot
> so that if there was a whole lot of cars turning left and right as
> described, the left turning traffic would not get held up and hence block
> the intersection.
>
> .02 for what it's worth....
>
> Stephane
>
> > ----------
> > From: frank j. bauer[SMTP:frankbauer at thevine.net]
> > Sent: July 10, 2002 3:17 PM
> > To: Brandon Rogers; a4list; urquattro list; quattro at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: Who Yields?
> >
> > At 02:48 PM 7/10/2002, Brandon Rogers wrote:
> > >Hi all-
> > >Here is a question that has been bugging me for many months.  Here's
the
> > >situation:
> > >
> > >You approach an intersection and are going to turn right.  The
> > intersection
> > >has a dedicated right turn lane, complete with a small pedestrian
island
> > >between the right turn lane and the staight lanes.  The right turn lane
> > has
> > >a YIELD sign and it merges immediately (no extended merge lane) with
> > >traffic.  The lights at the interection are green (both your direction
> > and
> > >oncoming) and nobody has any arrows--just green.There is nobody going
> > >straight in your direction as you enter the right turn --but a car in
the
> > >oncoming lanes is turning left to go in the same direction you are
going
> > to
> > >be going.  Do you yield to him because you have a yield sign, or does
he
> > >yield to you because left turn traffic yields to oncoming?
> > >
> > >I'm sure some of this depends on local laws--but I'd love to hear some
> > >thoughts--this bugs me every time I go to lunch.
> >
> >
> > your "yield" is to those who have right of way.
> > since the oncoming vehicle is making a left turn, it does not have the
> > right of way to which you can yield.
> > under the circumstances you describe, if you turning right approach the
> > intersection simultaneously with another turning left, you have the
right
> > of way and the yield sign does not apply...
> >
> > frank
> >
> >
>