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?
- True
- ✓ False
Correct answer: False
Explanation
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
- Wrong: 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.
Topic: The precedence order: who wins when signs disagree?
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