After a storm near Enschede the traffic light at a junction has failed. There are no priority signs and no shark's teeth. Your passenger says: 'Now traffic from the right simply goes first.' Is that true?

Explanation

False — you think that without a light and without a sign there is no priority rule left. Then the basic rule applies: at a junction traffic from the right goes first. Not whoever arrives first, and not agreeing among yourselves.

Why learners get this wrong

• Wrong: you think that without a light and without a sign there is no priority rule left. Then the basic rule applies: at a junction traffic from the right goes first. Not whoever arrives first, and not agreeing among yourselves.

Topic: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict

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• Challenge: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict
• The model: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict
• Core: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict
• Why it matters: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict
• Active recall: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict
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• Memory hook: The hierarchy: which sign wins when they conflict

Terms

• Aanwijzing wint van groen licht
• Geen teken dan geldt rechts regel
• Rangorde aanwijzing boven alles
• Rangorde licht boven voorrangsteken
• Hierarchy: sign above rule
• A traffic light overrides only priority signs

Related questions

• At a junction in Deventer the priority road
• About The hierarchy
• Back at the junction in Zwolle

Related topics

• The precedence order: who wins when signs disagree?
• Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• Direction of travel and overtaking bans: D-signs and F-signs