Uncontrolled T-intersection · side-road car from the left
Uncontrolled intersections · Alberta Class 5 road test
You have the right-of-way: look left, no slowing, no stopping
Watch the interactive demoHow to drive it
Residential T-intersection with no signs or lights; you're on the through road, the side road is on your left: no road on the right, so no need to slow down + clearly look left while rolling + the side-road car reaches the intersection first, but you're on its right, so it stops to let you go + go through without stopping
Common mistakes
Crossed without checking left
Road test: automatic fail — L8 Lacks caution at uncontrolled intersection
Nothing happened this time, but it's still an automatic fail. Approaching an uncontrolled intersection, clearly turn your head to scan each side that has a road (left and right at a four-way intersection, the side road at a T-intersection), checking for cars and people; look only ahead and you won't see a car coming from the right, or know to stop for it.
Watch this mistake →Unnecessarily yielded to the car on the left
Road test: 10 points — F2 Fails to assume own right of way
Nothing happened this time, but it still counts against you. With nothing on your right you have the right-of-way, and a vehicle on your left must yield to you; look left in case it doesn't, but don't stop for no reason to let it go, which gives up your right-of-way.
Watch this mistake →Related scenarios
- Uncontrolled intersection · on your ownEven with no traffic, slow to 15 and look left and right; go through without stopping
- Uncontrolled intersection · car from the rightEven if you arrive first, stop completely and let the car on the right go
- Uncontrolled T-intersection · side-road car from the rightThe through road isn't a main road: stop completely for the side-road car on the right