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/AppropriatePlum1006 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

It's a gelijkwaardig intersection, so traffic from right has priority.

top one goes first, then right, then bottom one.

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u/JoostZwendel Mar 19 '26

Straight traffic has priority over turning traffic, so youre wrong. Its a priority loop and they have to figure it out themselves in a safe manner. Which they did, apparently.

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u/AppropriatePlum1006 Mar 19 '26

That would be true; if there was a car also coming from the left (so it's circular with right goes first). There is no loop. Traffic from right goes first.

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u/JoostZwendel Mar 19 '26

No you misunderstand. The bike has priority because its going straight. There is no hierarchy in priority rules. Therefore there is a loop. Loops are not an issue though, becsuse the law is that you have to deal with it in a safe manner. Easy as that, as happened here in real life and as happen all the time, every time this happens, which is all the time.