Which violation occurs when a driver fails to yield at a stop sign?

Which violation occurs when a driver fails to yield at a stop sign?

• A. Fail to yield at yield sign
• B. Passed red light
• C. Turn on red not permitted
• D. Fail to yield at stop sign

Answer: (D)

At a stop sign, you must come to a complete stop and yield the right-of-way to traffic on the cross street and to pedestrians in the crosswalk. If you fail to do that and proceed without ensuring it’s safe, you’re committing a fail-to-yield-at-stop-sign violation. The other scenarios describe different situations—ignoring a red light, turning on red where not permitted, or failing to yield at a yield sign—which are separate rules and do not describe the stop-sign duty to yield.

At a stop sign, you must come to a complete stop and yield the right-of-way to traffic on the cross street and to pedestrians in the crosswalk. If you fail to do that and proceed without ensuring it’s safe, you’re committing a fail-to-yield-at-stop-sign violation. The other scenarios describe different situations—ignoring a red light, turning on red where not permitted, or failing to yield at a yield sign—which are separate rules and do not describe the stop-sign duty to yield.