Who has right of way in a uturn vs right turn situation with no stoplights or signs?

Scott

The person making the u-turn never has the right of way.

Joe

"Nobody ever HAS right-of-way; you can only yield right-of-way." - my old driving instructor, many years ago. Having said that: a driver (driver "A") entering a through road from a driveway or parking lot may only proceed when it is safe to do so. The U-turning driver (driver "B") is already on the through road. I'm guessing that driver A (you?) is trying to make the case that he had no idea that driver B was making that kind of maneuver, and that driver B had some kind of additional responsibility. Unfair as it seems, my earlier statement would likely govern this situation.

STEPHEN

The vehicle coming from the road has right of way over the vehicle trying to pull out of the shopping center.

Ron

No one has the right of way

Anonymous

It would be unlikely to have zero signage or lights, where the first person reaching the intersection has the right of way. Or, if simultaneous, yield to the vehicle to the left.(a simultaneous in your scenario, right turning car wins) But, if we assume there is nothing, the driver making the u-turn would (likely) have the right of way. Most state laws include some language that drivers making right turns onto a road must yield to oncoming traffic, or traffic already in the intersection, which would include a car in the intersection awaiting a u-turn. Personally, I try to make eye contact in tricky scenarios and let the other driver know they can go on ahead. I don't mind waiting and my low insurance rates reflect that.

Edna

In this scenario, the car exiting the shopping center and making a right turn has the right of way over the car in the left lane. The driver in the left lane wasn't making a "U-turn". He was in the left lane and he was intending to turn left from that lane, into the entrance to the shopping center. That isn't what's considered making a "U-turn". A U-turn is when a driver suddenly turns into the opposite lane of traffic, (from the right or from the left) right in the middle of the street, in order to go in the opposite direction. A U-turn is almost always illegal.

jimanddottaylor

As I understand the scene, the u turn driver will end up on the left side of the right turn driver and thus would have to yield the right of way. If you are in England, the idea of a right turn is different and (I expect) the driver on the left would have the right of way. Best answer, just drive carefully

Poppy

Right turn has right of way.

ponderer

Whoever has balls enough not to hesitate and wonder who has the right of way.

Bookbinder

The u-turn car driver is out of order, no doubt about it. The driver should be dragged out of the car and hanged from the nearest street lamp, unless he can apologize in three languages and pay the other driver untold damages. On the spot, of course.