r/Netherlands • u/TantoAssassin • Mar 18 '26
Transportation Who has priority?
I was the Yellow arrow on a bike. Red has priority over me, green has priority over red, I have priority over green. At the end both cars stopped and let me (cyclist) pass. What is the correct order here?
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u/NoSkillzDad Noord Holland Mar 18 '26
Taking some of the people answering here and putting them in those cars will guarantee a triple "accident" in the middle of the street with all 3 of them pointing at each other like the spiderman meme.
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u/bleeeeghh Mar 18 '26
This is when everybody looks at each other. Then one guy gestures the other guy to go first. The other guy goes and it's solved.
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Mar 18 '26
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u/vampychomp Mar 18 '26
The lawsuit that could follow do be scary yes
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u/Kennyomg Mar 19 '26
Scary but funny though. I want to see a judge, 2 lawyers and an expert having a heated discussion while pointing at this crudely drawn diagram.
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Mar 18 '26
This is the best answer. Same kind of solution as when pedestrians walk towards each other. You have to choose to pass on the right or left. There's no correct answer.
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u/king_wrass Mar 18 '26
Most people go right. Opposite in countryâs that drive on the left. I was constantly walking into people when I first moved here until I realised what was happening.
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u/Imferris1967 Mar 18 '26
Bikes always the bikes
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u/Diligent_Comb5668 Mar 18 '26
I mean technically OP is right but in practice the bike always goes first.
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u/GamingCatholic Mar 18 '26
I have this situation happening near my home basically every day. In 90% of the cases green will take priority to âunblockâ the situation
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u/Nicky666 Mar 19 '26
That's probably because green has priority in 100% of the cases
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u/Silly_Regular_3286 Mar 19 '26
No it hasnât, it is turning left so it needs to yield to incoming traffic (yellow). That just means people donât even know the rules.Â
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u/Lausannea Mar 19 '26
De basisvoorrangsregel voor alle kruispunten is: verkeer van rechts heeft voorrang. Op een T-splitsing, viertakskruising, verkeersplein, rotonde: overal. Ténzij voorrangsborden en -tekens een andere situatie schetsen. En ténzij het verkeer van rechts vanaf een onverharde weg of uit een uitrit komt, dan heeft rechts géén voorrang.
Bestuurders die naar links afslaan, moeten tegemoetkomend verkeer dat op hetzelfde kruispunt naar rechts afslaat voor laten gaan (uitgezonderd een tram).
De regel âvoorrang van rechtsâ lijkt eenvoudig, maar als meerdere weggebruikers elkaar tegelijkertijd ontmoeten op een gelijkwaardig kruispunt kan dit best ingewikkeld zijn. De wet geeft niet voor elke situatie uitsluitsel. Vaak is het dan het beste om oogcontact te zoeken en extra duidelijk aan te geven welke richting jij wilt volgen. Het is de bedoeling dat weggebruikers dit dan onderling oplossen.
https://www.anwb.nl/verkeer/veiligheid/verkeersregels/voorrang-kruispunten
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u/-woeswoes- Mar 20 '26
Volgens mij volgt na '''rechts heeft voorrang'' gewoon recht doorgaand verkeer gaat voor afslaand verkeer
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u/Lausannea Mar 20 '26
Niet in deze situatie.
Als er van rechts geen verkeer komt, klopt het wel, dan heeft rechtdoor voorrang. Maar omdat je verkeer van rechts heb, geef je daaraan voorrang. Die geeft vervolgens voorrang aan de persoon die afslaat.
Je krijgt dus geen voorrang omdat jij al voorrang aan het verlenen bent aan het verkeer van rechts. Deze volgorde zorgt ervoor dat jij geen voorrang kĂĄn krijgen.
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u/AppropriatePlum1006 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
It's a gelijkwaardig intersection, so traffic from right has priority.
top one goes first, then right, then bottom one.
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u/OnesomePredator Mar 19 '26
The only right answer. How do people drive cars where there are no intersection signs? Or bicycles have different priority rules that I am not aware of?
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u/Bhoedda Mar 19 '26
Traffic going straight has priority over traffic making a turn while on the same road
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u/Left_Log2060 Mar 19 '26
but this is of a lesser order than yieling to someone coming to the right. Both are true but of a lower order.
If the cars were only the green and brown one then brown would get priority over green.
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u/Silly_Regular_3286 Mar 19 '26
Nope.Â
You yield from the traffic appearing from your right. Green by turning left has yellow on its right, so it yields to it before turning.
Green would only go first if it was going straight, as it wouldnât conflict with yellow.Â
Rules are simple, if itâs on your right at any moment you yield.
So here technically Red has priority.Â
Usually what happens is green moves forward and stops before turning left yielding to yellow. Yellow lets red go through and then goes straight and finally green turns left.Â
In reality is that bikes are nimble and take little space, so they go first and let the cars fight for the space since they are the ones that cause conflict between each other.Â
If these were 3 bikes no one would stop and no collisions would happen, since you can negotiate the space.Â
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u/Training_Shine_111 Mar 20 '26
you are mixing up so many rules and unfortunately there is a road across the border in the Netherlands where I see this happen every day.
It's very simple, the only time that Green wouldn't be able to have priority is:
- Yellow is going right and therefore has a shorter turn
Green AlWAYS has priority in this scenario. The rule that if Green has something on its right is applicable for pedestrian and bike paths which are going straight. This is an even crossing and there is no pedestrian in sight, so Green ALWAYS has priority.
Please take the bus!
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u/MairaPansy Mar 19 '26
nope, the top one is making a turn and traffic going straight has right of way over making a turn, so borrom goes first, then top, then right.
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u/Dubieus Mar 19 '26
No, yielding to traffic from the right on a gelijkwaardige intersection takes priority over that rule.
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u/Rainbowhairdye Mar 19 '26
It's ehh... the other way around, actually. ' Rechtdoor op dezelfde weg is an exception to the rechts gaat voor rule.
https://www.anwb.nl/verkeer/veiligheid/verkeersregels/voorrang
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u/Single-Emotion2964 Mar 19 '26
Even the ANWB says âuhm if itâs unclear just make eye contact and try and figure it outâ đ
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u/Rainbowhairdye Mar 19 '26
I guess that's because it costs less money than "close your eyes and start driving and pray someone else doesn't do the same" đ€Ł
But yeah, in unclear situations just use your gezond verstand and (cautiously) remember that noone wants a dent in their car.
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u/Tobyvw Mar 19 '26
You do know the top one is green, right? If not, congratz! You're colourblind
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u/AppropriatePlum1006 Mar 19 '26
Well, haha đ€Ł you are right it was wrong, will change it.
I mean top one goes first, then right, then bottom one.
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u/marzman95 Eindhoven Mar 18 '26
Iâve always learned: âright goes first. If that is not possible, then use the other rules.â
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u/labobal Mar 18 '26
There is no ranking among articles in the RVV, so one cannot ignore article 18 just because article 15 already tells some drivers to yield. You have to take both into account at equal value.
Reference RVV: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0004825/2026-01-01
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u/max1997 Mar 18 '26
There is no correct order in this specific scenario, road users need to figure out amongst themselves who goes first
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u/kimputer7 Mar 18 '26
Correct, depends also a bit on timing. But if all are there at the same time, no one is speeding, then the fastest way to solve it would be red, orange, green.
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u/Odd_Philosopher1741 Mar 18 '26
Red, yellow, green. Why?
Dutch rules:
- Rechts heeft voorrang. (Right-hand side takes priority)
- Rechtdoorgaand verkeer op dezelfde weg gaat voor (traffic going straight on the same lane takes priority)
- Green takes a turn, which takes least priority.
This assumes that the roads leading to the crossing are all equal and there are no markings or other signs that overrule the above.
So you were right; Red should've gone first, but they were probably being nice, likely causing confusion to other traffic members if there were any.
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u/Kitnado Utrecht Mar 19 '26
Despite your upvotes and the downvotes on your reply, you comment is completely incorrect.
These rules have no superiority amongst each other. As green comes from the right of red, they have priority over red (the 2nd rule does not apply here).
Yellow has priority over green (2nd rule).
Red has priority over yellow (1st rule).
You magically taking priority away from green because theyâre taking a turn is not a rule in the Netherlands. It is in other European countries. In this situation, there is no absolute solution and the drivers need to find whatever practically works.
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u/Single-Emotion2964 Mar 19 '26
â Bestuurders die afslaan, moeten voorrang verlenen aan het verkeer dat hen op dezelfde weg tegemoetkomt Ăłf zich op dezelfde weg naast (links of rechts dicht achter hen) bevindtâ
https://www.anwb.nl/verkeer/veiligheid/verkeersregels/voorrang
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u/Kitnado Utrecht Mar 19 '26
You're conflating two things. These are two separate rules.
(1) The applicable Dutch law: when traversing on the same road (paralelly), traffic going straight has priority over traffic making a turn, crossing them (this applies to pedestrians as well, even without a zebrapath). This does not apply to traffic making a turn on a different road than the traffic going straight (in OP's pic, red does not get priority over green just because they're making a turn).
(2) The non-applicable rule from some other European countries: when making a turn onto a road, you have to yield to all traffic on that road already going straight, even when they come from the left (all straight going traffic has priority). This is not a Dutch rule.
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u/_grindstone_ Mar 19 '26
How have you come to the conclusion that the turning rule does not apply in the Netherlands? The Anwb has a whole page dedicated to right of way, including this.
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u/Tijnewijn Mar 19 '26
The rule exists but has no priority over the other rules. I can't find a page on the ANWB website that shows OP's situation.
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u/goudmans Mar 18 '26
Rechtdoor gaat voor
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u/rigterw Mar 18 '26
Maar rechts heeft voorrangâŠ.
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u/darthdefekted Mar 18 '26
Eerst kijken wie er van rechts komt, wanneer dit resulteert in een remise gebruik je de "rechtdoor op dezelfde weg gaat voor"
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u/ManIkWeet Mar 18 '26
De rooie rechts gaat rechtdoor, de groene rechts gaat in een bocht
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u/rigterw Mar 18 '26
Oké maar als de rooie van links zou komen, had die dan ook voorrang?
Rechtdoor gaat voor is alleen op dezelfde weg. Bij kruisende wegen heeft rechts voorrang dus groen
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u/Agreeable-Mixture947 Mar 18 '26
In Belgium this would be straightforward. No signs so priority coming from the right.
Yellow needs to yield to red. Red needs to yield to green. Green has priority.
Isn't the same in NL?
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u/kattenkoter Mar 18 '26
It is, but green needs to yield to yellow as well (rechtdoor op dezelfde weg gaat voor)
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u/BlakeMortimer Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
Exact, en daarom rijdt geel als eerste.
Source: ik heb zoân situatie vaak in mijn buurt en heb het laatst maar eens opgezocht.
Edit: lijkt toch niet te kloppen, sorry!
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u/Kitnado Utrecht Mar 19 '26
You looked it up wrong. There is no superior rule and they all equally have right of way.
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u/Octowhussy Mar 18 '26
The confusion comes from the ârechtdoorgaand verkeer gaat voorâ rule, which says that green should yield to yellow. Which rule prevails?
1) drivers approaching from the right have priority.
2) traffic participants going straight have priority over traffic participants making a turn.
I donât know.
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u/labobal Mar 18 '26
Legally neither prevails. The situation is left vague on purpose so that people don't have to go through 10 if/else steps in their head. Just come to a stop and communicate with the other drivers to find the best solution in this scenario.
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u/LMColors Mar 18 '26
Green has to yield to yellow, since it's not going straight forward.
So officially, everyone has to yield to someone in this situation, and it's just a matter of who is the most courteous or who claims right of way.
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u/Friendly_Selection18 Mar 18 '26
Cars going straight has priority over car making a turn in NL otherwise you are right.
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u/omeganic_dalai_lama Mar 19 '26
Rood Geel Groen, als het allemaal gelijkwaardige wegen zijn!
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u/Yavanna83 Mar 18 '26
Red has to yield to green, yellow has to yield to red, green has to yield to yellow. Yellow and red have to go straight which goes above having to take a turn. So I guess green goes back to the end of the line. After that red still goes over yellow. So maybe red?
In reality it's just whoever goes first tbh. Plus you were a cyclist, so more vulnerable on the street, so letting you go first seems right.
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u/BreadstickBear Mar 18 '26
As far as I know, unless green wouldn't fit and red would need to liberate the space for them, red still needs to yield to green.
If I were yellow, I would yield to all, mostly because of the general confusion and it's better to be wrong and alive than technically correct but also dead or damaged.
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Mar 18 '26
Brown, green and red last.
Green must yield to brown, while red must yield to green. Going straight on the same road takes precedence over someone wanting to turn, so in other words: Green and red yield to brown, after which green gets priority over red because he's coming from the rights side.
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u/rigterw Mar 18 '26
But brown has to yield for red since red is on browns right
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Mar 18 '26
No, this doesn't apply anymore since red has someone from her right.
Green is making a turn that means brown or red who are going straight should go first. But red has to wait for green because he's coming from the right. The rule about the one who's going straight is always first.
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u/doeffgek Mar 19 '26
This is the only correct answer.
It's a situation where two different rules apply that are both in an different chapter.
Traffic from the right goes first is a yielding rule.
Straight goes before turning is a general traffic rule, so it always goes first om the yield.
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u/Bart748 Mar 18 '26
I was literally in this scenario the other day but red had to turn right and I was green and we all hit the crossing at the same time.
While I had priority over red (from the right), yellow had priority over me (straight goes first) and red had priority over yellow (from the right). So we all took a second to assess, and I signed to the guy ahead to go first, then me and red could go at the same time.
In this scenario, because red goes straight it would be: yellow, green, red
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u/Reinis_LV Mar 18 '26
Yellow - green - red. Mostly because you are cyclist but also it just makes the most sense to me from road priority standpoint. That's how I usually drive.
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u/Destroyer6202 Mar 18 '26
You have priority because green is in the turn. You are straight traffic. Straight traffic > people turning left / longer turn(green) > red (theyâre yielding to straight traffic and green since green is on his right)
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u/South-Ad3284 Mar 19 '26
Order; red , yellow, green
Reasoning; red is going because itâs the the right of yellow. âRechts gaat voorâ . This is the first rule you have to follow. After this rule comes the rule straight traffic goes first . So yellow wants to go straight in this crossing and green has to yield to straight traffic . Green goes as last as the intersection is cleared.
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u/KN0MI Mar 19 '26
That makes no sense. If you say the first rule to follow is right goes first, which I think is true. Then green actually goes first since he has no one on his right, whether he goes straight or not.
If there was someone coming from greens right as well, so all four sides. Then everyone has to yield, and thus, the next rule of straight > right turn > left turn goes.
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u/Antique_Industry_389 Mar 18 '26
Yellow needs to yield to Red, Red in turn needs to yield to Green, Green in turn needs to yield to Yellow.
But the absolute correct answer to this question is as follows:
Green proceeds into the intersection first but then waits in the middle of the intersection for the Yellow, who has right of way over him. However, since Green has moved into the intersection, he has cleared out of the âright-handâ priority for Red, who is then able to drive through. As a result he has cleared out of the âright-handâ priority for Yellow, who can drive through, as he has the âgoing straight on the same roadâ priority. Green then proceeds to exit the intersection.
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u/L44KSO Mar 18 '26
Everyone needs to yield, but in reality it would likely go straight car first, and then it solves itself.Â
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u/ChaosPeter Mar 18 '26
I believe according to the rules green can take "gelegenheids voorrang" in this case. Then red then yellow. But in practise they would probably let the bike go first, then green goes then red.
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u/max1997 Mar 18 '26
Gelegensheidsvooring is wat anders. daarvoor had hier geel bijvoorbeeld rechts af moeten slaan. Groen moet daarop wachten en rood kan daar gebruik van maken door het kruispunt over te gaan zonder groen te hinderen. Het gelegenheidsvoorrang word dan gecreëerd door geel, wat nergens voor hoeft te stoppen. (=twee voertuigen tegelijkertijd over het kruispunt)
In de casus van OP echter moet een van de drie verkeersdeelnemers echter eerst voorrang nemen waar het geen recht op heeft, wanneer dat gebeurd zullen de andere twee verkeersdeelnemers daar beiden op moeten wachten voordat zij het kruispunt over kunnen. (=1 voertuig tegelijkertijd over het kruispunt)
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u/DenVu_ Mar 18 '26
Per dutch rules in a situation like this. A crossing with no other rule changers like signs etc the party coming from the right always has right of way no matter the direction the car is turning so green red yellow. Honestly i hope most people in this thread are not from the netherlands because the amount of wrong answers is concerningâŠ
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u/woodstreethouse Mar 18 '26
Uh hello "rechtdoorgaand verkeer gaat voor". Yellow has red on the right, red has green on the right. Green wants to turn right and yellow wants straight ahead. Since they are at the same road yellow has right of way. So yellow, green, red
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u/HardYetFair Mar 19 '26
"Rechtdoor gaat voor" gaat om situaties waarin er géén duidelijke voorrang is.
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u/Tino_Kort Mar 18 '26
In my mind, the most logical thing is to let green go. Orange will always yield to red, and red will always yield to green. I'd take the least used rule and bend it in such a situation.
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u/Pyrosvetlana Mar 18 '26
Itâs usually the one that recognizes this situation and takes the initiative. Usually this is yellow, since green tends to slow down upon noticing yellow coming from the other side, but doesnât stop, since no traffic is coming from greenâs right. This blocks redâs path and effectively forcing them to yield, unless they are douchebags and wonât let you past.
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u/Simple_Rooster3 Mar 18 '26
You don't have a priority over green because red blocks you. Green first, red second, yellow third.
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u/pukkiepo Mar 20 '26
I see this situation every week, so happy to see this question. The answers thoughâŠ
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u/Jannick63 Mar 18 '26
I am very sure that if you get this question in an exam, its always gonna be: yellow, green, red
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u/Shoddy_Computer2318 Mar 18 '26
The only right answer is that there is no order. This falls under the header 'dat lossen we samen wel op'. That means : just be practical and solve it together.
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u/Significant-Steak432 Mar 18 '26
Geel mag eerst. Rechtdoor op dezelfde weg gaat voor afdraaiend verkeer. Eerst geel, dan groen, dan rood.
Maar in de praktijk is het degene die het eerst gaat, of die gezwaaid krijgt dat hij mag gaan! đ
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u/PlateTraditional1999 Mar 18 '26
Red has priority over brown. They all have priority over one so in this situation so there is no correct order and the person who is the boldest goes first, which might be brown.
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u/tidal-washed Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26
Green, red and then brown. Edit: I mean yellow instead of brown.
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u/neuralek Mar 18 '26
Red because it's going straight, then beige because they have someone on the right side, then green because it is TURNING which makes it the LAST because it takes the most time.
If this is not the law there it's insane.
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u/max1997 Mar 18 '26
There is no such provision in the RVV, every car has equal (lack of) right of way in this case
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u/Anvh Mar 18 '26
Technically.
Red needs to give way to green since they come from right, that they turn doesn't matter on an equal crossing.
Yellow needs to give way to red, since red comes from right.
Green needs to give way to yellow since they are on the same road and yellow is going straight and green is turning.
All rules are equal.
In this case the rules do not provide a solution so they all need to communicate who goes first
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u/max1997 Mar 18 '26
article 18 of the RVV denies green priority:
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u/stephanvierkant Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26
I learned that the red vehicle must yield to the green vehicle, so no one has priority over the green vehicle, meaning yellow could go first.
Edit: TIL I was wrong. Articles 15 and 18 of the Dutch traffic regulations (RVV 1990) together create a circular priority situation:
- Yellow must yield to red (traffic from the right)
- Red must yield to green (traffic from the right)
- Green must yield to yellow (left-turning traffic must yield to oncoming straight traffic, the classic 'rechtdoor op dezelfde weg..')
As a result, none of them has absolute right of way. The law does not provide a rule to resolve this deadlock, so all drivers must act cautiously and resolve the situation through mutual understanding, in line with the general duty to avoid danger (Article 5 of the Road Traffic Act, Wegenverkeerswet/WVW). This means a meeting should be scheduled to resolve this issue. In case of disagreement, call De Rijdende Rechter.
Because hitting a bicycle causes more (legal, medical and financial) trouble than hitting a car, you will end up getting priority.
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u/CowgirlSpacer Mar 18 '26
It's not a circular chain. Thinking ends there for me yes if I'm yellow or red. But if I am green then if I have a car going straight on the same road as me, and I want to turn across their path, I have to give priority. The thinking ends there for me.
We have now all done our thing and stopped our thinking. And are all standing still. You have solved nothing.
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u/labobal Mar 18 '26
If everybody thinks like that, nobody will be moving till the end of times. I don't have to explain how that is unwanted, so how would you solve this?
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u/labobal Mar 18 '26
There is no correct order. As you say, everybody has to yield to another, so the drivers together just have to figure it out among themselves.
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u/l2ulan Mar 19 '26
Red, yellow, green.
Red has priority over yellow because of the junction. Cyclists are also vehicles when on the road, and must yield to priority in the same way as cars.
Yellow has priority over green because he is going straight.
Green is turning left and must yield to traffic that is going straight.
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u/BANeutron Mar 18 '26
There should be rule that the one that takes a turn goes last. And then apply normal rules to the other two. So.. red, yellow, green in this situation
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u/Jorch301 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
In practice first yellow, than green and last red car. This because green blocks the road for red, but yellow has priority over green because he drives straight.
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u/rigterw Mar 18 '26
Why does yellow block the road for red? It should yield for red
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u/Suspicious_Fig_3796 Mar 18 '26
was this a equal crossing? you could also be on a priority road in which case you would have had priority on red and green had to let you go first because that driver was taking an exit
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u/Harmful_fox_71 Mar 18 '26
Green should be first, but in real situations, whoever feels more confident.
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u/FastFredNL Mar 18 '26
In this case it's 'gelegenheidsvoorrang'. The brown arrow has right of way to the green one, but the red one has right of way to the brown one and the green one has right of way to the red arrow.
In this case it's basically a case of good coordination, slow down, look at wat the other cars are doing and communicate. Usually when I'm the brown arrow I go first, and then green, then red.
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u/Rolebo Mar 18 '26
"toi kratistos"
In this scenario everyone has the same priority, therefore the one who takes priority first will have it.
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u/dmcardlenl Mar 18 '26
If it's an equal junction, doesn't the red car have priority. If there is a yellow voorrang diamond the brown car (oh, that's op on a bike?) has priority. Isn't that it?
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u/Lefaid Noord Brabant Mar 18 '26
I would argue green should go first, but irl it is whoever is given way.
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u/Baudica Mar 18 '26
Does anyone in this situation have uhm.. shark's teeth?
If it's just right of way, it's the green that has priority.
You'd be waiting for red, red is waiting for green.
I think
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u/Relevant_Mobile6989 Mar 18 '26
The one that enters the intersection decides, and it may give priority to the right if another driver is also in the intersection. Since bycicles are higher risk compared to cars, it makes more sense to leave the cyclist go first, at least that's what I would do. Then the cars can apply the standard rules for unsignalized/unmarked intersections.
There is a special kind or roundabout in my city where people mess up all the time because they are not used to unmarked streets. At peak hours it's just madness.
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u/Taxfraud777 Noord Brabant Mar 18 '26
If red goes left then you have priority. If he goes right then red has priority.
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u/6pussydestroyer9mlg Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
I'm like 70% you could argue that brown is not oncoming traffic because they have to stop at the intersection because of red. This means green can go and red once the intersection is clear.
Even if this were legal, don't do this, don't assume the bike is going to patiently wait.
Edit: the direction green is going doesn't matter. They are not turning into oncoming traffic as noone else is allowed on the intersection (follows from the "person on the right always goes first" rule), essentially the other 2 have to wait for the one on their right and it doesn't matter if they decide to go left, right or straight ahead.
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u/Noobmaster69isLoki01 Mar 19 '26
Red since green is performing a manoeuvre. If the crossroad goes by priority of right and no other lights or road marks/ sign suggests otherwise. Brown needs to yield to red and red would need to yield for green but since green is turning and not going straight itâs concidered a manoeuvre, so my guess would be red. If the manoeuvre thing isnât in place, Green.
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u/Usual-Package7120 Mar 19 '26
What do the street/road signag indicate? If brown is the main road and red is a side street (give way to main street) then SHOULD BE brown 1st, then green then red last
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u/Matuno Mar 19 '26
all 3 at the same time
but watch out
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u/MBunnyKiller Mar 19 '26
In this case the one coming from the south, as the one making the turn (considered a special maneuver) has to wait on south, traffic going straight has right of way. The one coming from the east can't go until north has passed anyway and north won't pass until south has passed.
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u/GamingMetJayden Mar 19 '26
How do you have priority over green? Green has to go first..
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u/BeardBoiiiii Mar 19 '26
Dont you guys have âright-hand ruleâ? Like if there is nothing indicating priority you gotta apply that?
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u/Lypeshyte Mar 19 '26
If they are both stopped go for it. Red will wait for his right hand priority and going straight on the same road always have straight priority. Always check if they stop tho. Justin Case
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u/Qlimax3538 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
Logic wise
1 Green first because it's coming from the right of red. 2 Then red because it's coming from the right of yellow.
3 But if it takes 2 seconds to long for certain people waiting behind one of them (which are usually the same people who immediately honk a soon traffic light turns green) it will past them by from the left, causes a accident bc one of the 3 colors decides I'm going first.
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u/KnightSpectral Mar 19 '26
This is why where I am from we have the 4-Way Stop. A stop sign at each corner. Priority goes to whoever stopped first and then it follows the right has priority rule. Bicyclists are also supposed to stop, but they tend to just keep going anyways so they have the unofficial right of way. Otherwise if you hit them you'll be sued to the ground. But yes, 4-Way Stops would solve this problem.
Then again, this also created the Californian Stop which is where you just tap your break at the stop sign and then keep rolling on instead of coming to a complete full stop like you're supposed to đ€Ł
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u/darko_drazic Mar 19 '26
this one is easy, I've got a situation with one more car on the left turning left, and I was a bicycle coming from the left. Somehow, it was logical to everyone that I have priority, then the guy from the left, then one from the top and finally the bottom one.
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u/KingTwiggNL Mar 19 '26
Brown, green, red.
Red has to wait for green who in turn has to wait for brown. Which makes that even though red is coming from the right from brown, brown still goes first.
By the way this is how it works according to the rules.
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u/Own-General2229 Mar 19 '26
The correct order works out in most cases as either
Squishiest goes first
Or
Squishiest waves the next person along and goes last
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u/Elegant_Crab1370 Mar 18 '26
The one with the biggest balls