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RVV 1990 art. 62: obeying traffic signs

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Road users must obey traffic signs that contain an order or prohibition: signs, traffic lights and road markings.

Source: RVV 1990 art. 62 · checked 2026-10-23

How the exam asks it

You want to go straight on at a junction in Leeuwarden. At your lane there is a 'give way' sign with shark's teeth, but the traffic light above your lane is working normally and shows green. What governs priority here?

  1. The traffic light, as long as it is working
  2. The priority sign, because it is fixed in place
  3. Traffic from the right, because that is the basic rule
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Correct answer: The traffic light, as long as it is working

False — you think the sign weighs more because it is fixed in place. A working traffic light ranks above signs and shark's teeth that regulate priority. The sign only applies again when the light is not working. (VekaBest p.57-59 (Hoofdstuk 3 §3.4 Aanwijzingen) — wettelijke basis, RVV art. 62-84)

Why learners get this wrong: A traffic sign always outranks a working traffic light.

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In Leeuwarden you are driving on a road with the priority road sign, the yellow diamond. At the next junction a car comes from the right out of a side street. Your passenger says: 'That car goes first, because right-goes-first is in the law, and the law weighs more than a sign.' Is that true?

  1. True
  2. False
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Correct answer: False

False — you think a rule weighs more than a sign because it is in the law. Traffic signs in fact rank above the ordinary traffic rules when they say something different. So the priority road sign ranks above 'right goes first': the car from the side street must give way to you. (VekaBest p.57-59 (Hoofdstuk 3 §3.4 Aanwijzingen) — wettelijke basis, RVV art. 62-84)

Why learners get this wrong: If a traffic sign contradicts the priority-to-the-right rule, the priority-to-the-right rule still applies, because it is in the law itself.

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On a narrow road near Leeuwarden you are driving behind a slow tractor. In the middle of the road there is a freshly painted solid line; there is no sign. Your passenger says: 'A line isn't a sign, so you can just cross it to overtake.' Is he right?

  1. No, the line is itself a traffic sign and so it applies
  2. No, but only because this line has just been painted
  3. Yes, only signs along the road are real traffic signs
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Correct answer: No, the line is itself a traffic sign and so it applies

False — you think only signs count. Lines and other road markings are traffic signs in their own right, just as binding as signs and traffic lights. You may not cross a solid line, not even to overtake. (VekaBest p.57-59 (Hoofdstuk 3 §3.4 Aanwijzingen) — wettelijke basis, RVV art. 62-84)

Why learners get this wrong: A road marking is binding because it is freshly painted, not because markings are legally a traffic sign.

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At a street fair in the centre of Leeuwarden a traffic controller in a vest stands at a junction without signs or traffic lights. There is no accident or emergency. With a hand signal he tells you to drive on. A car is approaching from the right. What do you do?

  1. You wait, because a controller only counts at an accident
  2. You let the car from the right go first, that is the basic rule
  3. You drive on, as the traffic controller indicates with his signal
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Correct answer: You drive on, as the traffic controller indicates with his signal

False — you think a traffic controller only has authority at an accident. You must also follow the signals of an authorised, recognisable traffic controller at an event. (VekaBest p.57-59 (Hoofdstuk 3 §3.4 Aanwijzingen) — wettelijke basis, RVV art. 62-84)

Why learners get this wrong: Instructions from a traffic controller only apply during an accident or emergency.

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