At a junction with traffic lights in Loppersum you drive onto the junction at green. From the right a driver runs the red light and is already halfway onto the junction. What applies?
- ✓ Your green light gives you priority, but you brake to avoid a collision
- You must give him priority, because he is already on the junction
- He has priority, because he comes from the right and that beats the light
Correct answer: Your green light gives you priority, but you brake to avoid a collision
Explanation
False — already being on the junction gives no priority. Whoever enters at green need not give way to someone running the red light; you do still avoid a collision. (RULINGS.md R-h03-1 (LAW-VERIFIED); VekaBest p.46, p.110 (ondersteunend))
Why learners get this wrong
- Incorrect: already being on the junction gives no priority. Whoever enters at green need not give way to someone running the red light; you do still avoid a collision.
- Incorrect: the right-hand rule is at the bottom of the order. Working traffic lights regulate priority and override the right-hand rule (Book p.46, p.110).
Topic: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
Read the rule: Core: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
Sections
- 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?