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High Noon: Driving Rules In English

We've been discussing Mike Jorgenson's legislation to require that driver's tests be given in English. Frankly, I think the bill penalizes individuals who are safe drivers but haven't picked up our lingo yet (read: the bill is absurd and unnecessary). However, the topic caused me to wonder about my own understanding of our rules of the road. It has been a long time since I took a driver's test. Most rules I know by rote, from driving safely for the last 44 years. But one rule throws me. when two people stop at signs at the same time on the opposite side of the road, facing each other, I know that the one going straight has the right of way. But what happens when the one who is making a lefthand turn in front of the other gets there first? Who has the right of way?

Question: Are there any driving rules that aren't sure of?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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