2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way
Chapter 31-17-1 - Right-of-way in absence of signs or signals.
§ 31-17-1 Right-of-way in absence of signs or signals. – (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 highway.
(b) When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways 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) of this section are modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in this chapter.
(d) Violations of this section are subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 28, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-17-1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 65.)
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