When exiting from private property onto a public roadway, you should

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When exiting from private property onto a public roadway, you should

When moving from private property onto a public road, you don’t have priority over traffic already on the road. You must come to a complete stop at the point where you can see the roadway, then yield to all other road users—cars, bicycles, pedestrians—before you merge. Only when the way is clear and you’ve given them the right of way should you proceed. This is why speeding into traffic or merging without stopping isn’t safe or correct. It also isn’t about signaling for “equal priority”—on a public road, those on the roadway have the right of way, and you must wait for a safe gap.

When moving from private property onto a public road, you don’t have priority over traffic already on the road. You must come to a complete stop at the point where you can see the roadway, then yield to all other road users—cars, bicycles, pedestrians—before you merge. Only when the way is clear and you’ve given them the right of way should you proceed.

This is why speeding into traffic or merging without stopping isn’t safe or correct. It also isn’t about signaling for “equal priority”—on a public road, those on the roadway have the right of way, and you must wait for a safe gap.

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