On an unpaved sandy track near Stavoren you approach a junction with a paved polder road. There are no signs and no shark's teeth. On the paved road a cyclist approaches from the right and a horse rider from the left. What do you do?
- ✓ You let both the cyclist and the rider on the paved road go first
- You let only the cyclist go; a horse rider does not drive a vehicle
- You go first, because from the sandy track it is harder to get moving
Correct answer: You let both the cyclist and the rider on the paved road go first
Explanation
False — you think whoever is on the harder road gets priority. It is the other way round: at a junction of an unpaved and a paved road, you give way from the unpaved road to everyone on the paved road
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong: you think you do not have to give way to a horse rider. When you come from an unpaved road onto a paved road, you let everyone on that paved road go first, a rider included
- Wrong: you think whoever is on the harder road gets priority. It is the other way round: at a junction of an unpaved and a paved road, you give way from the unpaved road to everyone on the paved road
Topic: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
Read the rule: Core: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
Sections
- Challenge: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
- The model: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
- Core: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
- Why it matters: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
- Active recall: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
- Teach back: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road
- Memory hook: Unequal-rank junction: B6, B7 and the priority road