How to yield when driving?

[adiiann 163]

I have tough luck researching online on how to yield when driving.

I know that yield is momentarily stop. I am now in the process of learning how to drive here in US. And it seems that yield is very important when driving here.

I can yield but sometimes, I couldn't really distinguish yield from stop when I am driving.

Anybody here could share some tips or suggestions on how to do a good yield when driving. I am driving an automatic car.

I feel like it's something to do on how to step on brake and gas pedal. I just really want to make sure that I am doing yield when I drive.

Thank you.

[Krikit 1,165]

Yielding is when other drivers/pedestrians have the right of way and you slow down/stop and wait for them to pass before proceeding.

Stop is stop.

[Malrothien 6]

Yield has nothing to do with when you press the gas or brake. Yielding is a law to ensure safety when two lanes come together, two drivers trying to go the same direction, or when involving a pedestrian.

For instance: Say you're trying to turn onto an on-ramp onto the highway. There is a yield sign. Someone else has turned left from the opposite direction onto the on-ramp that does not have a yield sign. You must stop and wait for this person to pass before proceeding onto the on-ramp.

Edited November 3, 2009 by Malrothien

[Zen Den 18]

I have tough luck researching online on how to yield when driving.

I know that yield is momentarily stop. I am now in the process of learning how to drive here in US. And it seems that yield is very important when driving here.

I can yield but sometimes, I couldn't really distinguish yield from stop when I am driving.

Anybody here could share some tips or suggestions on how to do a good yield when driving. I am driving an automatic car.

I feel like it's something to do on how to step on brake and gas pedal. I just really want to make sure that I am doing yield when I drive.

Thank you.

what it means: whether or not you are earlier to arrive and ready to enter a lane, cars you see about to enter the same lane have the right to do so BEFORE you.

[adiiann 163]

I might be confuse. When I am having my driving lesson, when I try to yield when I comes to intersection, my husband said I am stopping and not doing yield.

Anyway, thanks guys!

[trailmix 77]

I'm confused, most intersections have stop signs.

Your Husband might be confused - many many people think that Yield means tap the brake and take off, whether the area is clear or not - in fact I would say the majority of people handle a yield that way

[nowhereman 1]

I might be confuse. When I am having my driving lesson, when I try to yield when I comes to intersection, my husband said I am stopping and not doing yield.

Anyway, thanks guys!

It depends on traffic conditions... if you can yield to a vehicle with the right of way and merge without stopping then do it. If traffic is heavy you may have to come to a stop as you wait for an opening.

[Krikit 1,165]

I'm confused, most intersections have stop signs.

Your Husband might be confused - many many people think that Yield means tap the brake and take off, whether the area is clear or not - in fact I would say the majority of people handle a yield that way

Ohhhhhh. Maybe that's what's happening.

First rule of driving. Never take driving lessons from your husband. LOL

[nowhereman 1]

I'm confused, most intersections have stop signs.

Your Husband might be confused - many many people think that Yield means tap the brake and take off, whether the area is clear or not - in fact I would say the majority of people handle a yield that way

Ohhhhhh. Maybe that's what's happening.

First rule of driving. Never take driving lessons from your husband. LOL

To further complicate matters people drive differently depending on where you are. For example New York City drivers are very aggressive & unpredictable, while drivers in the south generally don't drive with a sense of urgency. I imagine Chicago drivers are similar to NYC drivers but I have never driven in Chicago so I don't know for sure.

[wowswift 3]

yielding just means to slow down and look around to make sure if its safe to proceed. if its not, you stop and wait, if its ok, go back to normal. maybe you guys have the yellow light intersections or you're driving through a neighborhood with no stop signs, then yes, slow down, look around, make sure there is nothing to run over, then go.

[Nik+Heather 121]

I'm confused, most intersections have stop signs.

Your Husband might be confused - many many people think that Yield means tap the brake and take off, whether the area is clear or not - in fact I would say the majority of people handle a yield that way

Ohhhhhh. Maybe that's what's happening.

First rule of driving. Never take driving lessons from your husband. LOL

Haha! Yes, that's why I keep mentioning to Nik that he might want to take a course as well..

Really, since you are the driver, the safety of the car and it's occupants is up to you. If you feel like you need to stop to ensure that the area is clear before you enter, you go ahead and stop. There is one yield sign on my way home where there was good vision, and you could tell very early on if there was anyone coming - I didn't even need to slow down (except to make the turn). There is another one that I go by regularly where I frequently slow, and sometimes stop because there are several lanes and high foot traffic.

So, for a yield (upside down triangular sign), you do not have to stop, but if you feel like you can't see and ensure that you are operating your car safely, then you do what you need to.

And tell your husband that. Tell him that you, as the driver, and the one responsible for the safety of your property and life, do not feel comfortable with what you can see and you are taking the safe option and slowing down further before proceeding. He can't (or shouldn't) argue with this.

[Martin B 0]

Most important thing to remember is to never trust any other driver on the road, your driving is your responsibility and you must ALWAYS make sure you are making the correct decision. A "Yield" sign in the US is like most of the junctions in the UK. At them, you do not have to come to a complete stop, but you do have that option at any time you feel it unsafe to proceed without stopping. The sign is telling you that you do not have the "right-of-way"; traffic currently on the road you are joining has priority over you. You must make sure it is safe to proceed past the Yield sign before you pass it.

Bottom line, you don't have to stop, you have to make sure it is safe to proceed. If that means that every time you encounter a Yield sign that you stop as to make sure it is safe, you are doing nothing wrong in my mind.

[josedetshane 0]

I might be confuse. When I am having my driving lesson, when I try to yield when I comes to intersection, my husband said I am stopping and not doing yield.

Anyway, thanks guys!

I definitely understand what you are going through.

To yield is to give the right of way to others, by slowing down or stopping and letting others go first. Another term is "to give way". It includes pedestrians, letting them finish when crossing and to cars who are fast approaching, especially when you are about to enter the freeway, when there is enough space for you enter, you can do so but remember to match your speed with the traffic beacuse you don't want the other cars behind you to hit their breaks because you were slow and it may become a cause of accident.

i think what your husband is trying to say is you tend to make a full stop even when you don't need too, in yielding it is not mandatory to stop but to slow down and be ready to proceed when safe.

I was like that too, it was difficult for me at first to yield because I could not control the gas and clutch on the slowest speed possible but rather I step on the break all the way, fearing I would hit the oncoming cars hehehe.

The encouragement I get when driving is when I see Grandmamas and grandpapas on the steering wheel and they do very well, if they can do it, so can I, and you too

Well, keep on driving and God bless you

[SMR 368]

Well, yield doesn't even necessarily mean you have to slow down. If you are on an on-ramp and you can clearly see that there is ample space to merge onto the highway, speeding up may be the correct course of action.

Yield means you have to let others go first, either by stopping or slowing down. If there aren't others, or if you wouldn't be in their way by continuing, you can proceed without stopping or slowing.

[Pinay Wife 47]

My pet-peeve is the 4-way stop. They have coined a new word for that dilemma called the "the right-of-stay"

The Right-of-Stay (Source: www.urbandictionary.com)

When two cars disregard the right-of-way guidelines they were supposed to learn from a driver's manual when they were 16, resulting in both cars to remain motionless at an intersection assuming the other car will make the first move. Usually after about 1o seconds both cars will go at the same time which leads to a firestorm of profanity and/or an accident.

Example of a "right-of-stay" at a four-way stop sign intersection:

Northbound Car: Is this person gonna go or what!?

Westbound Car: Is this person gonna go or what!?

Northbound Car: Fuckin' go dude!!!

Westbound Car: Fuckin' go dude!!!

Northbound Car: F#ck this guy I'm going!!!

Westbound Car: F#ck this guy I'm going!!!

Northbound Car: What the f#ck is wrong with you ####!

Westbound Car: F#ck you and your gay a$$ PT Cruiser a$$hole!

Edited November 4, 2009 by Pinay Wife