Knowing How to Manoeuvre at Intersections
In an intersection, making the right manoeuvres is essential to ensuring your safety and the safety of other road users.
Turning at Intersections
Before making a turn, you must:
Take the appropriate lane for performing your manoeuvre.
If there is more than one lane, take:the one on the right to make a right turn;
the one on the left to make a left turn;
the one indicated by a sign if more than two traffic lanes are available.
Signal your intention.
Yield to pedestrians and cyclists crossing the roadway you wish to enter.
Yield to oncoming traffic when making a left turn.
Example of a vehicle that must yield to pedestrians and cyclists
Stopping at Intersections
When an intersection requires you to stop, you must do so before the stop line or crosswalk.
If there aren’t any, stop before the side line of the roadway you are about to cross.
Stop sign or flashing red light
When faced with a stop sign or flashing red light, you must:
Stop the vehicle;
Yield to pedestrians and cyclists entering the intersection;
Yield to other vehicles already in or about to enter the intersection; and/or
Perform your manoeuvre.
At an intersection, if there are stop signs for all directions, you must yield to any vehicle that has reached the intersection before you.
Red light
When your vehicle arrives at a red light, you must stop. You can then make a right turn if the rules allow it, unless there is a sign that prohibits it.
If the red light is flashing, you must also stop. You may then proceed or turn after yielding to other vehicles, cyclists or pedestrians that have priority over you at the intersection.
Yellow light
When your vehicle arrives at a yellow light, you must stop. However, if you are already in the intersection or so close to it that it would be dangerous to stop, you may proceed.
When facing a flashing yellow light, you must:
Reduce your speed;
Yield to pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles already in the intersection; and
Continue on your way.
Crowded intersections
To avoid blocking an intersection, you must stop before the intersection if you do not have enough room to cross it completely, even if you are facing a green light.
Last update: April 19, 2024
