Right of Way: who goes first?
Cars stop at the intersection. Tap them in the order they may go. 12 levels, from the four-way stop to sirens and roundabouts, plus an Intersection of the Day.
The questions people miss most on the permit test
Right-of-way questions are the ones new drivers get wrong most often, because the test doesn't ask for a definition. It shows you a situation — two cars at a four-way stop, a left turn on a green light, a road that ends at a T — and asks who goes first. Reading the rule once in the handbook isn't enough to answer that in a few seconds. Solving the same kind of intersection a dozen times is.
Each level of Right of Way teaches one rule, then the final exam mixes them. The number badge on a car shows when it stopped: 1st stopped first, and 1st= means two cars stopped together. The dashed line shows where each car is going, and a blinking corner means a turn signal. Tap a car too early and the game tells you who had to go before it and why, using the same rule text as our rules of the road page.
The rules in one list
- Four-way stop: the first to stop goes first. Stopped together? Yield to the car on your right.
- Facing each other: a left turn waits for a car going straight or turning right.
- Two-way stop: the road without stop signs goes first. Wait until the cross street is clear.
- No signs or lights: first there goes first; together, the car on the right.
- T-intersection: the road that ends yields to the road that continues.
- Green light: a left turn still yields to oncoming traffic, and nobody goes on red.
- People in a crosswalk go before every car that crosses it. Sirens go before everyone.
- Roundabouts: cars already in the circle go first. A dark traffic light is an all-way stop.
Want to drive it instead of tapping it? The Road Rules roads in Road Sign Adventure put you behind the wheel at the same intersections, with other cars that wait their turn. For the signs themselves, try the road signs test.
Questions people ask
Who goes first at a four-way stop?
The first vehicle to come to a full stop goes first. If two stop at the same time, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. If two stop together facing each other, a car going straight or turning right goes before a car turning left.
What if all four cars stop at the same time?
The yield-to-the-right rule can't settle it, so drivers have to wave each other through. Our puzzles never give you that deadlock: every intersection has one legal order, sometimes with cars that may go at the same time.
Who has the right-of-way when there are no signs?
In most states the same idea as a four-way stop: the first vehicle there goes first, and if two arrive together the car on the right goes first. Slow down enough to stop at every unmarked intersection.
Are these rules the same in every state?
The right-of-way rules in this game are the ones nearly every state uses. Your state's driver handbook is the official source; the rule cards say when a detail differs by state.
Why do I lose a star for using a hint?
A hint shows you who goes next, so that intersection counts as a mistake. Three stars means you solved the whole level on your own.