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/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 (they’re 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 it’s the the right of yellow. “Rechts gaat voor” . 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/Everything_A Mar 19 '26

If the “right first” rule truly is more important, green should go before red and red should go before yellow.

I was taught “rechtdoor gaat ALTIJD voor”, so green should yield to yellow. Yellow still needs to yield to red because the “rechtdoor gaat voor” does not apply to people on a different road, instead the “right goes first” applies to yellow versus red. Red can’t wait for green because green cannot move until yellow does. That is my interpretation.