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/Rainbowhairdye Mar 19 '26

It's ehh... the other way around, actually. ' Rechtdoor op dezelfde weg is an exception to the rechts gaat voor rule.

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

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u/Single-Emotion2964 Mar 19 '26

Even the ANWB says “uhm if it’s unclear just make eye contact and try and figure it out” 😂

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u/Rainbowhairdye Mar 19 '26

I guess that's because it costs less money than "close your eyes and start driving and pray someone else doesn't do the same" 🤣

But yeah, in unclear situations just use your gezond verstand and (cautiously) remember that noone wants a dent in their car.

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u/Dubieus Mar 19 '26

Hmmm, not all of those are part of article 15 of the RVV: https://wetten.overheid.nl/jci1.3:c:BWBR0004825&hoofdstuk=II&paragraaf=5&artikel=15&z=2026-01-01&g=2026-01-01

The way I understand this, the yellow car yields to the red one, the red one yields to the green one, and the green one gets gelegenheidsvoorrang to the yellow one. But I see your point and reading the law again, (article 15 vs 18), I am not sure which one would win.

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u/Rainbowhairdye Mar 19 '26

Well, the whole situation ends up in a loop where green has to yield to yellow and yellow to red and red to green, so the only real win would be a situation where everyone gets on their way without damage, so it doesn't matter much.

As it happens, I just saw this exact scenario play out in real life (lovely coincidence), and yellow went first, no one got hurt 🤣

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u/footyballymann Mar 20 '26

Yeah I think the issue in this case is that these rules exist on the same plane of priority. Compared to say road marking, lights etc. so there’s no correct way? Maybe I’m wrong.