341.01 Right of way at intersections.
341.02 Right of way when turning left.
341.03 Right of way at through street or highway or stop intersections.
341.04 Driving onto roadway from private road or driveway; duty to yield.
341.05 Right of way of emergency vehicle.
341.06 Turning into private driveway, alley or building.
341.07 At yield signs.
341.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Authority to designate through streets and stop intersections - see W. Va. Code 17C-2-8(a)(6), 17C-12-5
(a) 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.
(b) When two vehicles enter an intersection from a different street or highway 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.
(c) The right-of-way rules declared in subsections (a) and (b) hereof are modified at through streets or highways and otherwise as hereinafter stated in this article.
(WVaC 17C-9-1)
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 this Traffic Code 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 vehicles making the left turn.
(WVaC 17C-9-2)
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by Section 343.05 at the entrance to a through street or highway and shall yield the right of way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from such through streets or highways or which are approaching so closely on such through street or highway as to constitute an immediate hazard but the driver having so yielded may proceed.
(b) The driver of a vehicle shall likewise stop in obedience to a stop sign as required herein at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one or more entrances thereto although not a part of a through street or highway and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, but may then proceed.
(WVaC 17C-9-3)
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