What is the definition of right-of-way?

What is the definition of right-of-way?

• A. The license plate requirement
• B. The obligation to yield to pedestrians
• C. The privilege of the immediate use of a particular section of the highway; §60-6146
• D. The right to drive at any speed

Answer: (C)

Right-of-way is the privilege to use a specific portion of the highway at a given moment. The correct choice names this exact idea and cites the formal definition, the privilege of the immediate use of a particular section of the highway (as in §60-6146). In practice, this means you have priority to proceed or continue through an area like an intersection or merge, but you still must yield when required to vehicles or pedestrians with higher priority and follow traffic controls. It’s not about identification on a license plate, nor about a general obligation to yield to pedestrians, nor about driving at any speed; speed and other duties are governed by safety rules, not the basic definition of right-of-way.

Right-of-way is the privilege to use a specific portion of the highway at a given moment. The correct choice names this exact idea and cites the formal definition, the privilege of the immediate use of a particular section of the highway (as in §60-6146). In practice, this means you have priority to proceed or continue through an area like an intersection or merge, but you still must yield when required to vehicles or pedestrians with higher priority and follow traffic controls. It’s not about identification on a license plate, nor about a general obligation to yield to pedestrians, nor about driving at any speed; speed and other duties are governed by safety rules, not the basic definition of right-of-way.