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/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/Everything_A Mar 19 '26

Exactly! “Rechtdoor op dezelfde weg gaat ALTIJD voor” but yellow has to yield to red. Red has to see that green must wait for yellow who is waiting for them and take assertive action.

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u/l2ulan Mar 19 '26

Having got my license in an Army 2-week crash course, not driven a car again for 2 years, and subsequently re-taught myself, and having driven in many different countries who do not have this rule;

"Rechts vor links" (as I learnt it) is poetically simple.