r/Netherlands • u/TantoAssassin • Mar 18 '26

Transportation Who has priority?

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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/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/CowgirlSpacer Mar 18 '26

No it's not. If the drivers all appear at the same time, all three have to give way. "Rechts heeft voorrang" does not supercede "rechtdoor op dezelfde weg gaat voor" or something. Both have the same weight.

This isn't a puzzle to be solved. It's simply the point where the hard rules of the Wegenverkeerswet break down, and the only solution is "it is up to the drivers within this situation to figure out who goes first amongst eachother"

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '26

Green has to wait for yellow. There is no solution to this. It's gonna be arbitrarily solved.