In Zwolle you approach a junction with working traffic lights. There are shark's teeth in front of you and a sign with a speed limit of 50 km/h. A traffic controller is also standing on the junction. What applies here? (more than one answer possible)
- A driver from the right goes first, even if your light is green
- ✓ If the traffic controller waves you on, you drive on, even at red
- At a green light you need not keep to the 50 km/h
- ✓ Without a gesture the light regulates priority, not the shark's teeth
Correct answer: If the traffic controller waves you on, you drive on, even at red; Without a gesture the light regulates priority, not the shark's teeth
Explanation
False — a green light does not switch off every sign. The light only overrides signs and markings that regulate priority; the speed limit still applies
Why learners get this wrong
- Incorrect: the right-hand rule is at the bottom of the order. Traffic signs and working lights override it; at green you need not wait for traffic from the right
- Incorrect: a green light does not switch off every sign. The light only overrides signs and markings that regulate priority; the speed limit still applies
Topic: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
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- Why it matters: The real hierarchy: who overrules whom on priority?
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