Challenge
Students usually remember B6 and B7 correctly — red and triangular or octagonal stands out. But they often confuse B4 and B5: the intuition 'B4 comes first so it must be right, since right has priority' is wrong, and it's exactly what the CBR exam designer counts on.
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The model
B1 (yellow diamond) = priority road, valid until sign B2 (end of priority road). B6 (red triangle) = yield right of way — look and assess, no stop requirement. B7 (red octagon) = STOP + yield right of way — coming to a full stop is mandatory here. And the direction: B4 = side road on the LEFT, B5 = side road on the RIGHT (Book p.238) — not the other way round.
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Core
The B-sign category (Book p.238) regulates who has priority at a crossroads, and how strictly. B1 marks a priority road: at every crossing along that road you have priority, until sign B2 lifts that status — the status is tied to the sign, not to a municipal boundary or a duration. B3 simply announces a priority crossroads without further direction; B4 and B5 do so more specifically, with an arrow symbol showing from which side the side road joins: B4 from the left, B5 from the right (Book p.238 confirms this word for word). B6 and B7 look alike — both red, both 'yield to drivers on the crossing road' — but differ sharply in requirement. B6, the red inverted triangle, asks you to look, assess, and proceed as soon as it's safe; there is no stop line. B7, the red octagon (the only octagonal sign in the whole system), adds a hard stop requirement to that: you must come to a complete stop before the stop line, even if the road looks empty. Shark's teeth road markings are not decoration next to a B6 sign: they independently carry exactly the same legal meaning — yield to drivers on the crossing road — even without a separate sign next to them.
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Why it matters
Whoever swaps B4 and B5 looks the wrong way at the critical moment — exactly the second a car from the other side can merge in. Whoever confuses B6 with B7 and therefore does not come to a full stop drives through a crossing where the law demands a standstill, with all the consequences that carries in a collision.
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Source: RVV 1990 art. 15 · checked 2026-10-22
Frequently asked questions
‘Sign B4 (Priority crossroads) warns of a side road coming from the RIGHT; B5 warns of a side road from the LEFT’ – is that true?
No. B4 = side road on the LEFT, B5 = side road on the RIGHT
‘On a B1 priority road you always have priority, at every crossing until the end of the municipality’ – is that true?
No. B1 applies until sign B2 (end of priority road) appears, not until a municipal boundary or indefinitely
‘Sign B6 (red inverted triangle) requires you, just like B7, to come to a full stop before yielding’ – is that true?
No. B6 = yield right of way (no stop requirement), B7 = stop + yield right of way
‘Shark's teeth road markings are just a visual reminder; the real priority rule comes only from the sign next to them’ – is that true?
No. Shark's teeth independently carry the same meaning as B6: yield to drivers on the crossing road
‘After sign B2 (end of priority road) you are on a side road and must give way to traffic from both the left and the right’ – is that true?
No. B2 only ends the priority road; without other signs the main rule applies: traffic from the right goes first, traffic from the left does not.
