Failure To Yield Car Accidents in Phoenix

To share our roadways safely, motorists must obey the rules of the road, including yielding the right-of-way when necessary. Failure to yield car accidents in Phoenix are common and extremely dangerous.

If you have suffered an injury from another driver’s failure to yield, seek the legal counsel of an experienced car accident attorney at Elmm Law Group today.

When Should Motorists Yield the Right-of-Way?

Motorists must yield the right-of-way whenever they leave the lane they are driving in or the road they are driving on. The same is true when a traffic sign, light, or signal instructs them to yield the right-of-way. We take a closer look below.

Merging Into Traffic

When you enter a highway, interstate, or busy road from an entrance ramp, you are likely guided by a merge sign. This alerts you that you must merge safely with the traffic already on the road. In some situations, you will have to slow down or even stop before it is safe to proceed.

Leaving a roadway via an exit ramp requires the same care. You may need to cross several lanes of traffic to reach your exit, and you must yield the right-of-way to the traffic in each lane.

Entering Intersections

Intersections often have traffic lights or signs that signal who has the right-of-way. Motorists must carefully obey these instructions. Factors to keep in mind include:

• When making a left turn across traffic and onto a new road, drivers must use extra caution
• When making a right turn, you must yield the right-of-way to cyclists in the bike lane, pedestrians crossing in the crosswalk, and traffic in the road you are entering
• Double-check before proceeding on a green light or arrow, and never trust other motorists to stop when the light turns red
• When there is a four-way stop, the motorist who arrives first has the right-of-way, and when drivers arrive simultaneously, the right-most driver has the right-of-way
• If you come to a stop sign at an intersection where the road you are crossing has no stop sign, you must wait until traffic slows to the point where it is safe to proceed

When an intersection has no traffic signs or lights, traffic on the busier road has the right-of-way. When a paved road intersects with a gravel road, those on the paved road have the right-of-way.

When motorists fail to consider who has the right-of-way, they make Phoenix roadways more dangerous for all of us and increase the likelihood of car crashes. Keep in mind that even if you use caution and follow the rules, other drivers might be driving while distracted or impaired, or are simply unwilling to drive safely.

Common Failure To Yield Car Accidents

When Phoenix drivers do not yield appropriately, they can cause many kinds of dangerous car accidents. Some of the most common are T-bone accidents. These involve one driver crashing headlong into the side of another motorist’s car. These are especially common in failure-to-yield accidents in intersections.

Sideswipe accidents are also frequent, involving swiping the side of another driver’s car. These often happen when changing lanes or merging with traffic. Rear-end accidents occur when one driver hits another driver from behind, and they are common at intersections with lights or stop signs. This may happen when the rear driver attempts to make the light while the forward driver is slowing to a stop to obey the law.

The higher the speeds involved, the more serious failure to yield accidents are likely to be.

Contact a Lawyer in Phoenix for Help After a Failure To Yield Car Crash

When failure to yield car accidents in Phoenix leave motorists injured, they need legal guidance and support. If you have suffered injuries in such an accident, let the skilled and committed legal team at Elmm Law Group advocate for your rights and your fair compensation.

For more information about how we could help you, please give our firm a call or contact us online today.