Title 41 Chapter 6a Section 901

Motor Vehicles
Traffic Code
Section 901
Right-of-way between vehicles -- Unregulated intersection.

            

41-6a-901.   Right-of-way between vehicles -- Unregulated intersection.

            (1) The operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection not regulated by a traffic-control device shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle that has entered the intersection from a different highway.

            (2) Except as specified in Subsection (3) and unless otherwise directed by a peace officer, the operator of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right when:

            (a) more than one vehicle enters or approaches an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time; and

            (b) the intersection:

            (i) is not regulated by a traffic-control device;

            (ii) is not regulated because the traffic-control signal is inoperative; or

            (iii) is regulated from all directions by stop signs.

            (3) The operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection not regulated by a traffic-control device:

            (a) from a highway that does not continue beyond the intersection, shall yield the right-of-way to the operator of any vehicle on the intersecting highway; and

            (b) from a highway that is not paved, shall yield the right-of-way to the operator of any vehicle on a paved intersecting highway.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session