In this situation passing the crossroads do you have to give way?

Explanation

No; in this situation you need not give way to anyone.

No priority sign and no light is visible in the picture, so this is an uncontrolled junction of equal-status roads, and the only rule that settles the matter is "priority to the right".

The minor road reaches your road from the left, and the white car is standing on that same road, on your left, with its indicator on. Your right is empty; there is only the kerb, the pavement and greenery there, and no vehicle is entering the junction. So there is nobody on your right for whom you would have to stop; on the contrary, that white car must wait for you to pass.

The logic of the right-hand rule is simple: at a junction with no markings there must be one definite, undisputed criterion so that two drivers do not enter the junction simultaneously; "the right" is that criterion. The trap in this question is the white car's lit indicator: signalling creates no priority and merely announces the driver's intention. Even so, "having priority" does not mean "proceeding carelessly"; reduce your speed and do not enter the junction until you are sure that driver has seen you.

• "Yes" would be right if a vehicle were coming from your right or if your road were declared minor by a sign; neither exists in the picture, and the lit indicator of the car on the left gives it no priority.

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