§ 11-19. Right-of-way at intersections.

(a)

Generally. The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different street or highway. When two vehicles enter an intersection which is not controlled by a traffic sign or device from different streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

When two vehicles approach one another on the same street going in opposite directions and the driver of one of the vehicles desires to turn off such street, the vehicle which continues on the street in the original direction has the right-of-way over the turning vehicle. In the event both drivers desire to turn off, then the vehicle turning to the right has the right-of-way over the vehicle turning to the left.

(b)

When turning left. The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, but such driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by section 11-19, may make such left turn, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn.

(Code 1968, § 24-36)