The second to drive through the intersection:

Explanation

The red car at the same time as the blue car.

No sign is visible at this junction, so all the roads are of equal status and the order of passage is set solely by the right-hand rule. The green car is on the road that lies to the right of both the blue and the red car, so it passes through the junction first. Then it is the turn of blue and red, and finally the yellow car, because blue and red enter the junction from its right.

Why red and blue pass "simultaneously" is the main point of this question: both enter the junction from one road and in one direction; blue goes straight from the right-hand lane and red turns left from the left-hand lane with its indicator on. Their paths do not cross, so there is no reason for one to queue behind the other. A left turn need only wait when a vehicle is coming from the opposite direction, and there is nothing on the road facing the red car.

The practical method for the exam and for real driving is these two questions in sequence: first "who is on my right?" and then "whose path crosses mine?". If your path does not intersect with the neighbouring car's, holding it up merely locks the junction; but if it does intersect, never rely on the assumption that "he will certainly stop".

• The green car is not second but first; its road lies to the right of the blue and red cars, and those two must wait for it. • The yellow car is last, not second; blue and red enter the junction from its right and it must give way to both.

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