Right of way: the basics
Right before left, priority signs, bent priority
Who goes first?
At every junction, check in this order: 1. police – 2. traffic lights – 3. signs – 4. right before left. Right before left applies wherever nothing else is regulated – also in 30 zones, whether you turn or go straight. No priority for anyone coming from field or forest tracks, properties or traffic‑calmed areas.
Right before left – the chain
No signs, so right before left applies. 1. Red – nobody is to red's right. 2. You – you only had to wait for red, coming from your right. 3. Yellow – for yellow, you come from the right. Red and yellow pass each other, so they don't conflict.
T‑junction: straight on doesn't mean priority
You are going straight along the through road; red comes out of the side road from your right and turns. Without signs, right before left applies here too: 1. Red, 2. You. The fact that your road “continues” gives you no priority.
The priority signs
Sign 205: Give way
Sign 206: Stop and give way
Sign 301: Priority at the next junction
Sign 306: Priority road
Sign 307: End of priority road
Sign 102: Junction with priority from the right
Supplementary plate 1002-10: Course of priority road (crossroads, bending left)
Supplementary plate 1002-20: Course of priority road (crossroads, bending right)Priority signs in brief
- 205: give way – stop only if necessary
- 206: stop – always stop at the stop line, even if clear
- 301: priority only at the next junction
- 306: priority until sign 307 or until 205/206
- 102: caution, right before left at the next junction
- Plate with a thick line: the course of the priority road
- Drivers who must wait show it by approaching at moderate speed
Priority road – and then?
Red is on the priority road: 1. Red. You and green both face sign 205. Between you: whoever turns left lets oncoming traffic pass. 2. Green (straight on), 3. You (turning left).
Bent priority: you go first
The priority road bends to the left – you follow it and indicate left. 1. You have priority. Red and green face sign 205; between them, right before left applies. Green is on red's right: 2. Green, 3. Red.
Bent priority: you wait
The priority road runs from the right to the top. Red follows it: 1. Red. You and yellow face sign 205 – between you, right before left applies. For yellow, you come from the right: 2. You, 3. Yellow.
Remember: bent priority
If you follow the priority road, indicate – even if it feels like going straight. Look at the plate: the thick line is the priority road. Everyone waiting on the thin lines sorts it out among themselves with right before left.
At a junction without signs or lights, a cyclist comes from the right. You want to go straight on. Who goes first?
- The cyclist
- Me, because I clear the junction faster by car
- Whoever arrived at the junction first
Check answer
The cyclist
Right before left applies to all vehicles – cyclists too. Who arrived first doesn't matter.
Right before left in a 30 zone
Drive through a residential area with unregulated junctions – at moderate speed, looking right.
This specific scenario is not implemented in the web edition yet. drive_right_before_left
Priority with signs
Stop sign, give way, priority road, bent priority: apply every rule in the simulator.
This specific scenario is not implemented in the web edition yet. drive_priority_signs