When making a left turn

Explanation

You pass first.

The white car on the left is standing inside the car park, behind the kerb, with its indicator on so as to enter the carriageway. The rule is clear: a driver emerging from an adjacent area — a yard, a car park, a filling station — must give way to all vehicles travelling on the road and to pedestrians. That duty is absolute and does not depend on whether he is on your right or your left, nor on whether you are going straight or turning left. So your manoeuvre takes precedence.

The most important point of this question is exactly that: the exit from an adjacent area is not a junction. Because it is not a junction, the "priority to the right" rule is not activated here at all and comparing directions is meaningless.

Safety reason: the mouth of a yard or car park has a very short field of view, and a car emerging from it usually comes out from behind parked cars and hedges; in this very picture the green wall and the row of cars block its view. The one with such a view must remain stopped and make sure, not the one already flowing on the carriageway.

Even so, having priority means legal precedence, not a guarantee. Signal, reduce speed, and do not put complete trust in the manoeuvre until you are sure the other driver has seen you.

• This option comes from the wrong generalisation "when turning left always give way"; that rule concerns oncoming traffic, and here the white car is leaving an adjacent area and must itself give way.

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