Right of way in case of both traffic lights and traffic signs [closed]

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This question is circulating in my country's social media: who has the right of way in this picture

http://imgur.com/a/mJYPG

I would like to get a more international answer to that question - i.e. which is the answer in different countries.

A bit of clarification - both vehicles are on green light, the bus is doing a left turn, but is on a road marked as priority, while the car has a yield sign.

The Vienna convention on road traffic says that "traffic lights take precedence over signs regulating priority", which is mirrored in many national laws. But the question here is - is there a conflict between the traffic sign and the traffic light or both have their effect in the situation?

Is it a "rule of thumb" in your country that road signs on priority/right of way do NOT matter in case of working traffic lights?



Best Answer

In Spain, the traffic lights would take priority over the traffic signs, explicitly by law. Therefore the car has priority over the bus.

The order of precedence in Spain is:

  1. Orders given by a police officer or equivalent
  2. Temporary signals for roadworks (in Spain these have a yellow, rather than white, background), cones etc
  3. Traffic lights
  4. Vertical road signs
  5. Road markings

There is an image illustrating this at http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0j2fcAJdP_U/SJohg9Y08DI/AAAAAAAAAXs/niX5Dm6xq60/s1600-h/prioridad+se%C3%B1ales2.jpg.




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Answer 2

I'd say that both the lights and the signs have an effect - if the light is red, you must stop, if it is green you may go, subject to obeying the other signs. The lights take precedence, but do not nullify the signs. Therefore the bus would have priority.

However I have never seen such a junction, and I'd hope traffic planners would never allow it - the green lights are enabling two conflicting routes. Here in the UK, the only time I've ever seen that is at junctions where two opposing straight-on routes are green, with vehicles allowed to turn right (driving on the left) providing they yield to oncoming traffic (as per any normal turn-across-traffic)

The layout in your illustration is, in my opinion, dangerous as many drivers will only pay attention to the lights, and not the signs, so the car would likely assume it had priority...

Answer 3

For both drivers I would recommend to drive very carefully. The situation is definitely dangerous, and whoever created it needs their head examined. A situation where someone seriously posts here to find out who has the right of way most not be allowed to exist.

And there are some rules that overrides all other traffic rules. In order of importance: Don't drive into people. Don't drive into other vehicles. Don't drive into a bus. So proceed carefully, just assume the other car might or might not yield.

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