In Steenbergen you enter a 30 km/h zone over a lowered kerb. Later you leave the zone at a junction of two equal streets, without a lowered kerb, shark's teeth or signs. A car is approaching from the left. How do you act on entering and on leaving?
- Entering: traffic from the right goes first; leaving: you go before the car from the left
- ✓ Entering: give way to everyone; leaving: you go before the car from the left
- Entering: give way to everyone; leaving: you let the car from the left go first
Correct answer: Entering: give way to everyone; leaving: you go before the car from the left
Explanation
False — you treat the end of the zone as an uitrit. The end of a zone is not always an uitrit; at this ordinary equal junction traffic from the right has priority, so the car from the left must let you go first
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong: you do not recognise the entrance over the lowered kerb as an inrit. If you enter a zone over an inrit, you let all traffic go first, from the left and from the right, pedestrians too
- Wrong: you treat the end of the zone as an uitrit. The end of a zone is not always an uitrit; at this ordinary equal junction traffic from the right has priority, so the car from the left must let you go first
Topic: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
Read the rule: Core: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
Sections
- Challenge: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
- The model: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
- Core: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
- Why it matters: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
- Active recall: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
- Teach back: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule
- Memory hook: The 30 km/h zone: where it lies, and why its end has no fixed rule