About Military colonne and funeral procession: priority and cutting through: which statement is WRONG?
- Before the first vehicle has passed, the ordinary priority rules simply apply; after the first vehicle, the no-cutting-through rule applies, except on a priority road or when merging.
- ✓ A military colonne or funeral procession must, like all other drivers, always give way to pedestrians on a zebra crossing.
- At a junction with a traffic light, a military colonne may proceed on green even if the colonne is still mid-junction; a funeral procession must stop at red.
- The exception applies to the procession as a whole, not to one vehicle.
Correct answer: A military colonne or funeral procession must, like all other drivers, always give way to pedestrians on a zebra crossing.
Explanation
A military colonne and a funeral procession are explicitly exempt from the duty to give way to pedestrians on a crossing.
Why learners get this wrong
- Before the first vehicle has passed, the ordinary priority rules simply apply; after the first vehicle, the no-cutting-through rule applies, except on a priority road or when merging.
- At a junction with a traffic light, a military colonne may proceed on green even if the colonne is still mid-junction; a funeral procession must stop at red.
- The exception applies to the procession as a whole, not to one vehicle
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