At a junction in Hengelo a traffic controller is standing because the traffic lights are not working properly. The light for your direction turns red, but the traffic controller waves you on. What do you do?
- I stop, because the red light overrides the gesture
- ✓ I drive on, as the traffic controller indicates
- I follow the priority signs, because the lights are faulty
Correct answer: I drive on, as the traffic controller indicates
Explanation
False — you put the light above the traffic controller. Instructions from a traffic controller override traffic lights; if he waves you on, you drive on, even at red. (RULINGS.md R-h03-1 (LAW-VERIFIED); VekaBest p.46, p.110 (ondersteunend))
Why learners get this wrong
- Incorrect: you put the light above the traffic controller. Instructions from a traffic controller override traffic lights; if he waves you on, you drive on, even at red.
- Incorrect: you put the signs above the traffic controller. Signs only count when there is no traffic controller and no working light; if a controller is there, you follow him.
Topic: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
Read the rule: Core: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
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- Challenge: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
- The model: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
- Core: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
- Why it matters: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
- Active recall: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
- Teach back: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
- Memory hook: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?