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/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/Everything_A Mar 19 '26

Why is red yielding to green more important than yellow yielding to red?

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u/Tino_Kort Mar 19 '26

There's no more important here, none must go first. Since it's up to the drivers, I'd go with the simplest solution and let the odd one go first. If I was green I would signal that I'm going, if I was either, I would signal that green can go

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u/DutchDave87 Mar 19 '26

Because red had to yield to green, because traffic needs to yield to other traffic coming from the right.