About Tram priority: three exceptions, not an absolute right: which statement is correct?
- ✓ Explicit: a turning tram does NOT go before pedestrians crossing at a pedestrian crossing.
- The tram has priority in all situations, always and everywhere.
- At an equal junction the ordinary right-of-way rule simply applies to the tram: if it does not come from the right, it has no priority.
- The tram only has priority when it comes from the left at an equal junction; when turning or entering a road, the ordinary straight-ahead or right-turn rules apply to the tram, just like a car.
Correct answer: Explicit: a turning tram does NOT go before pedestrians crossing at a pedestrian crossing.
Explanation
Explicit: a turning tram does NOT go before pedestrians crossing at a pedestrian crossing
Why learners get this wrong
- When the tram approaches a priority road the ordinary rules apply and it has no special priority; pedestrians on the zebra crossing go before the tram too
- The tram has its own exception rule: it goes first as soon as it comes from the LEFT (the reverse of the right-of-way rule for ordinary drivers), plus the two turning exceptions
- There are two EXTRA exceptions besides 'from the left': also when the tram TURNS while you go straight ahead, and when the tram turns LEFT into a road while you turn right into the same road, the tram still gets priority
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