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Sign B5: priority junction, side road on the right

Sign B5 (triangle with a thick vertical bar and a thin side bar to the right) announces a priority junction with a side road on the right: you have priority over traffic from that side road. B4 is the mirror image with the side road on the left.

Source: RVV 1990 art. 15 · checked 2026-10-23

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In Leeuwarden you approach a crossing with a busy road. In front of you is a triangular sign pointing downwards with a red border (B6); there is no stop line. You have a good view of the crossing road. What must you do here?

  1. Only let traffic from the right go first; traffic from the left waits for you
  2. Give way to traffic from left and right, without a duty to stop
  3. First come to a full stop and then give way, as with a stop sign
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Correct answer: Give way to traffic from left and right, without a duty to stop

False — you apply the 'right goes first' rule here. This sign means you give way to the drivers on the crossing road, from the left and from the right.

Why learners get this wrong: At sign B6 you only give way to traffic from the right; you may go before traffic from the left on the crossing road.

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On the N33 near Veendam you approach a triangular warning sign with the code B4. What should you pay extra attention to?

  1. A priority road ending here
  2. A side road merging in from the right
  3. A side road merging in from the left
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Correct answer: A side road merging in from the left

Why learners get this wrong: The triangular sign B4 means that the priority road ends here.

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You have been driving 12 km on a priority road (sign B1, the yellow diamond). Then you pass a sign with the name of another municipality; you have not seen an 'end of priority road' sign. Your passenger says: 'New municipality, so your priority is over.' Is that true?

  1. True
  2. False
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Correct answer: False

False — you tie the priority road to the municipal boundary. A priority road continues until the 'end of priority road' sign; a municipal boundary does not change that.

Why learners get this wrong: On a B1 priority road you always have priority, at every crossing until the end of the municipality.

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At a junction in Deventer there are white triangles on the road in front of you with their points towards you (shark's teeth). There is no traffic sign with them. What applies to you here?

  1. You give way to traffic on the crossing road, even without a sign
  2. You must first come to a full stop here, just as at a stop sign
  3. Without a sign they do not count; then traffic from the right simply goes first
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Correct answer: You give way to traffic on the crossing road, even without a sign

False — you read shark's teeth as a duty to stop. Shark's teeth mean the same as the triangle pointing downwards: give way to traffic on the crossing road; you only stop if that is needed to give way. A duty to stop belongs to the octagonal stop sign, not to shark's teeth.

Why learners get this wrong: Sign B6 (red inverted triangle) requires you, just like B7, to come to a full stop before yielding.

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How many sides does sign B7 (the STOP sign) have, the only sign with this shape in the entire sign system?

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Correct answer: 8 zijden

Correct: 8.0 zijden.

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