In a recent post, Iowahiker noted that on a hill, the person descending needs to yield to oncoming (uphill) traffic. Growing up in southern Oregon, where logging trucks are pretty common on backcountry roads, I was taught that the descending vehicle has the right of way. I know that with my little VW Beetle, I wasn't about to ask a logger (for multiple reasons to back up and give right of way. I don't remember anything in the drivers manual about this, other than blow your horn on blind corners. Is there a written or unwritten rule one way or the other?
Edit: Google search agrees with what Iowahiker stated. Hmmm, it just doesn't seem right to me, but I've been wrong before.
From the post "...and consider the case of going down hill on a single lane mountain road into a blind switchback turn, yield to oncoming traffic (uphill has right-of-way)..."
Edit: Google search agrees with what Iowahiker stated. Hmmm, it just doesn't seem right to me, but I've been wrong before.
From the post "...and consider the case of going down hill on a single lane mountain road into a blind switchback turn, yield to oncoming traffic (uphill has right-of-way)..."