Priority rules & Junctions at a glance
Here you learn who goes first at every type of junction, at a driveway exit and with pedestrians. Each part has its own page.
- Priority rules: without a controller, working lights, priority signs or shark's teeth: drivers from the right go first, straight on along the same road goes before turning, and the short turn first.
- Equal junction: here no signs, shark's teeth, lights or traffic controller regulate priority. You give way to drivers from the right, and a tram always goes first.
- Priority junction: at sign B3, B4 or B5 you get priority. At shark's teeth, sign B6 or stop sign B7 you give way.
- Driveway exits: when you leave a driveway exit (uitrit), you let all traffic go first, pedestrians too. You can often recognise an exit by a pavement that continues across it.
- Priority from an unpaved road: coming from a sand track, you give way to all drivers on the paved road, from the left and from the right.
- Shark's teeth (haaientanden): white triangles pointing towards you. You give way to all drivers on the crossing road and only stop when that is necessary.
- Priority at a T-junction: without shark's teeth, priority signs or traffic lights, traffic from the right goes first, even if you are on the through road.
- Priority rules for pedestrians: coming from the right gives them no priority. But you let them go first at a zebra crossing, when you turn and they walk straight on, or leaving a driveway.
Priority on a roundabout is covered under roundabouts. Sirens and flashing lights are covered under priority vehicles, and the gestures under traffic controller signals.
