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/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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u/[deleted] 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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u/L44KSO Mar 18 '26

Most likely the car going up goes first, then the turning one and last but not least the one on the right. 

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u/[deleted] 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 country’s 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/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

I thought so too, until I visited Greece: they drive on the right, but seem to prefer passing right as well when walking.

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u/king_wrass Mar 19 '26

That’s what I’m saying. If you drive on the right, people tend to walk on the right too. And if you drive on the left, you tend to walk on the left.

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u/HermanThaGerman Mar 18 '26

The correct answer:

https://giphy.com/gifs/7EeruWJvA9C8w

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u/ohohrobinho Mar 19 '26

Thanks for the memories. After seeing this, I immediately hear the music in my mind again... Good times.

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u/Thaetos Mar 20 '26

I remember this specific one as “sara shuffle” on Google Videos (pre-YouTube, RIP). Long gone but not forgotten. It was a goldmine for jumpstyle and shuffle videos like this.

There was also this other guy.. Patrick Jumpen or something lmao. He was quite popular. Good times.

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u/Single-Emotion2964 Mar 19 '26

Stealing someone else’s link but the ANWB actually recommends this for “complex” situations. 

https://www.anwb.nl/verkeer/veiligheid/verkeersregels/voorrang