The right-hand rule: priority at uncontrolled junctions
📅 Updated 2026-09-06 · Skaityti lietuviškai 🇱🇹
The right-hand rule is one of the most fundamental priority rules in the Lithuanian KET: at an uncontrolled junction of equal roads, give way to vehicles approaching from your right.
When the rule applies
- At junctions without traffic lights, without a traffic controller and without priority signs — where neither road is marked as the main road.
- When two vehicles' paths cross in equal conditions: car parks, quiet residential streets, unmarked intersections.
- Also when reversing conflicts arise in yards and similar equal-priority situations.
When it does NOT apply
- Where priority is set by signs ("Main road", "Give way", "Stop") — signs always override the right-hand rule.
- At junctions controlled by traffic lights or a traffic controller.
- Against trams — rail vehicles have priority over non-rail vehicles in equal conditions, regardless of side.
- When exiting a yard, petrol station or unpaved side road onto a road — the exiting driver gives way to everyone.
Typical exam traps
Regitra loves right-hand-rule questions with three or four vehicles. Work them out one conflict at a time: find who has nobody on their right — they go first; then re-evaluate. Remember that a tram beats the rule, and a "Main road" sign beats everything except signals and the controller.