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Road Traffic Act — Article 26 (Yield driving at intersection where traffic is not controlled)

도로교통법 제26조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-07-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) The driver of any motor vehicle who intends to drive a motor vehicle into an intersection where traffic is not controlled shall yield the right of way to other motor vehicles, when the motor vehicle is already traveling through the intersection.

(2) Where the width of the intersection is wider than that of the road on which the motor vehicle is running, the driver of any motor vehicle who intends to drive a motor vehicle into an intersection where traffic is not controlled shall drive the motor vehicle slowly, and when another motor vehicle is trying to enter the intersection from a road, the width of which is wider than that of the intersection, shall yield the right of way the other motor vehicle.

(3) A motor vehicle driver intending to enter an intersection at the same time where no traffic control is made shall yield the right of way to a motor vehicle on the right side of the road.

(4) The driver of any motor vehicle who intends to make a left-hand turn at an intersection where traffic is not controlled shall yield the right of way to any other motor vehicle, when any other motor vehicle intends to proceed straight through or make a right-hand.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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