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Rechts regel bestuurders

The rule: you give way to every driver coming from the right. The tram goes first, even from the left; only after that does the rechts-regel apply among the remaining drivers

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

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About Equal-rank junction: no sign, but still a rule: which statement is WRONG?

  1. Braking decides nothing; the tram goes first, then the rechts-regel.
  2. At an equal-rank junction there must be a 'priority from the right' sign, otherwise the rule does not apply.
  3. Drivers must give way to trams, 'regardless of which direction the tram comes from'.
  4. The rechts-regel speaks of 'drivers coming from the right'; pedestrian crossing behaviour is governed by other rules (priority at crossings), not by this atom's rechts-regel.
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Correct answer: At an equal-rank junction there must be a 'priority from the right' sign, otherwise the rule does not apply.

'At equal-rank junctions there are no signs or markings that regulate priority.' No sign is precisely the defining feature of this junction type; the rechts-regel then applies automatically, without any sign

Why learners get this wrong: At an equal junction the driver who slowed down first may also drive on first.

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At an equal-rank junction there must be a 'priority from the right' sign, otherwise the rule does not apply.

  1. False
  2. True
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Correct answer: False

'At equal-rank junctions there are no signs or markings that regulate priority.' No sign is precisely the defining feature of this junction type; the rechts-regel then applies automatically, without any sign

Why learners get this wrong: At an equal-rank junction there must be a 'priority from the right' sign, otherwise the rule does not apply.

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At a junction in Rotterdam with no sign, a tram track crosses your road. The tram is approaching from your left. You are not to the right of anyone in particular. What do you do?

  1. I let the tram go — it has priority here, even from the left
  2. I drive on — the rechts-regel applies here, and the tram is not coming from the right
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Correct answer: I let the tram go — it has priority here, even from the left

The tram is the EXCEPTION to the rechts-regel: priority, regardless of direction

Why learners get this wrong: A tram has priority at an equal-rank junction only when it comes from the right, just like an ordinary driver.

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About Equal-rank junction: no sign, but still a rule: which statement is WRONG?

  1. Braking decides nothing; the tram goes first, then the rechts-regel.
  2. Drivers must give way to trams, 'regardless of which direction the tram comes from'.
  3. At an equal-rank junction you must also always let pedestrians crossing from the right go first, just like drivers.
  4. 'At equal-rank junctions there are no signs or markings that regulate priority.' No sign is precisely the defining feature of this junction type; the rechts-regel then applies automatically, without any sign.
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Correct answer: At an equal-rank junction you must also always let pedestrians crossing from the right go first, just like drivers.

The rechts-regel speaks of 'drivers coming from the right'; pedestrian crossing behaviour is governed by other rules (priority at crossings), not by this atom's rechts-regel

Why learners get this wrong: At an equal junction the driver who slowed down first may also drive on first.

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At a junction in Bakkeveen (Friesland) of four equal roads there are no signs and no shark's teeth. A car approaches from the right, a tram from the left; you all arrive at the same time. What do you do?

  1. You let the car from the right go; the tram from the left waits for you
  2. You let the car from the right and also the tram from the left go first
  3. You go first, because without a sign the rule of the right does not apply
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Correct answer: You let the car from the right and also the tram from the left go first

False — you think the priority rule needs a sign. Precisely at a junction without signs or markings, traffic from the right automatically goes first, and a tram goes first, from whichever side it comes

Why learners get this wrong: A tram has priority at an equal-rank junction only when it comes from the right, just like an ordinary driver.

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