Vorfahrt

Priority and right of way

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VerkehrsregelnVerkehrssicherheitVerkehrszeichen

Wer zuerst fährt, entscheidet an jeder Kreuzung eine kurze Kette: Polizei vor Ampel vor Schild vor Grundregel. Ohne Schild und Ampel gilt „rechts vor links" — auch für Radfahrende, in beide Richtungen. Die vier Vorfahrtzeichen (205, 206, 301, 306) überschreiben sie; aus Grundstück, Feldweg oder verkehrsberuhigtem Bereich wartet man immer. Der Kern ist die Handlung, nicht die Regel: langsam heranfahren, sichtbar bremsbereit sein, und Vorfahrt haben heißt nie sicher sein.

An jeder Kreuzung in Deutschland entscheidet dieselbe kurze Kette, wer zuerst fährt, und sie wird immer von oben gelesen:

  1. eine Polizistin, die den Verkehr regelt;
  2. eine funktionierende Ampel;
  3. ein Vorfahrtzeichen;
  4. und wenn nichts davon da ist — rechts vor links.

Rechts vor links heißt: wer von rechts kommt, fährt zuerst. Das ist die Grundregel im ganzen Land, und sie gilt für dich auf dem Rad in beide Richtungen — du wartest auf das Auto rechts von dir, und das Auto links von dir wartet auf dich. In ruhigen Wohnstraßen, wo kaum Schilder stehen, macht diese Regel fast die ganze Arbeit.

Vier Zeichen überschreiben sie. Das Dreieck auf der Spitze heißt Vorfahrt gewähren: langsamer werden, die andere Straße durchlassen, weiterrollen darfst du, wenn frei ist. Das Achteck heißt anhalten: die Räder müssen wirklich stehen, jedes Mal, auch nachts um drei ohne Verkehr. Die gelbe Raute heißt, du bist auf der Vorfahrtstraße und die Seitenstraßen warten auf dich. Und ein Dreieck mit dickem schwarzem Kreuz heißt: Vorfahrt, aber nur an der nächsten Kreuzung.

Drei Situationen, in denen du immer wartest, egal wie die Straße aussieht: aus einer Grundstücksausfahrt, von einem Feld- oder Waldweg und aus einem verkehrsberuhigten Bereich (das blaue Schild mit Haus und spielendem Kind). In allen dreien fährst du in den Verkehr hinein, du triffst ihn nicht.

Vorfahrt gewähren ist eine Fahrweise, keine Haltung. Es heißt: so langsam ankommen, dass du anhalten könntest, und so aussehen, als wolltest du es — damit die andere Person dich lesen kann. Und der Satz, den man behalten sollte: Vorfahrt haben heißt nicht sicher sein. Wer dich nicht gesehen hat, lässt sich von der Regel nicht überzeugen. Blickkontakt suchen, und wer sowieso fährt, den lässt man fahren.

Voraussetzungen (1)

Ermöglicht (1)

Leicht
Wahr / Falsch #1 10s ▶ Testen

At an unsigned junction the car coming from your right must let you go, because a bicycle is smaller and slower.

✓ Falsch
No. Right before left makes no exception for bicycles in either direction. From the right you have priority; from the left you wait.
Wahr / Falsch #2 12s ▶ Testen

At this sign you may ride across the junction without giving way.

✓ Wahr
The thick bar is your road. This sign gives you priority — but only at the next junction, unlike the yellow diamond, which runs on.
Karteikarte #3 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign tell you?

✓ Antwort: give way
Be able to stop and let the other road through; you need not stop if it is clear.
Karteikarte #4 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign tell you?

✓ Antwort: stop, then give way
The wheels must come to a standstill every time, then the normal give-way judgment follows.
Karteikarte #5 15s ▶ Testen

No signs, no lights. Which of these two goes first?

✓ Antwort: the car, because it comes from the right
Right before left. The rule does not care what kind of vehicle either of you is.
Karteikarte #6 15s ▶ Testen

What does the German phrase "Vorfahrt gewähren" mean?

✓ Antwort: give way
It is written on the give-way sign and said at every junction lesson.
Multiple Choice #7 12s ▶ Testen

Who goes first at a roundabout marked with this sign and a give-way triangle?

  • ● The traffic already in the ring
  • ○ The traffic joining from the right
  • ○ Whoever reaches the ring first
The give-way triangle at the entry means you wait for the ring. Right before left does not apply here.
Wahr / Falsch #8 12s ▶ Testen

Riding out of a car park onto a street, right before left gives you priority over a car coming from your left.

✓ Falsch
Leaving a car park, a driveway or a farm track is not a junction. Whoever leaves one waits for everything on the street, from both sides.
Wahr / Falsch #9 12s ▶ Testen

A priority sign beats the hand signals of a police officer directing the junction.

✓ Falsch
The order runs police, then lights, then signs, then right before left. A police officer overrides everything below.
Wahr / Falsch #10 10s ▶ Testen

If you have priority, you may keep going even when a driver pulls out in front of you.

✓ Falsch
Priority decides who is at fault afterwards; it does not stop a car. When a driver has not seen you, brake and let them go.
Mittel
Multiple Choice #1 12s ▶ Testen

You reach this sign and the crossing road is completely clear. What do you do?

  • ● Roll on without stopping
  • ○ Come to a complete standstill first, then go
  • ○ Wait until a vehicle has passed
Give way asks you to be able to stop and to let others through — not to stop. If nothing is coming, you carry on. That is exactly what the octagon next door demands and this one does not.
Multiple Choice #2 14s ▶ Testen

You reach this sign; a car is on the crossing road but still far away. What do you do?

  • ● Stop the wheels completely, look, then go if the gap is enough
  • ○ Slow down and ride through the gap without stopping
  • ○ Stop and wait for the car to pass whatever the gap
The stop is unconditional; what happens after it is a normal give-way judgment. Stop, look both ways, and go when the gap is real.
Multiple Choice #3 14s ▶ Testen

This sign is repeated along the street you are riding on, and a car waits in a side road. What do you do?

  • ● Carry on; the side road waits for you
  • ○ Slow down and let the car out, because it is on your right
  • ○ Stop at the junction and check right before left
The yellow diamond switches right-before-left off in your favour for the whole length of the street. The car in the side road is the one who has to wait, whichever side it is on.
Karteikarte #4 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign tell you?

✓ Antwort: priority at the next junction
The thick bar of the cross is the road you are on. One junction only.
Karteikarte #5 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign tell you?

✓ Antwort: priority road
Repeated along the whole street; a diamond with a grey bar ends it.
Karteikarte #6 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mark?

✓ Antwort: a roundabout
Almost always together with a give-way triangle: the ring has priority.
Karteikarte #7 15s ▶ Testen

How do you say "give way" in German, as it is written on the sign?

✓ Antwort: Vorfahrt gewähren
The reverse of the card you already have — same fact, different retrieval path.
Karteikarte #8 15s ▶ Testen

What does "rechts vor links" tell you to do?

✓ Antwort: let the vehicle from the right go first
The default at any junction with no officer, no light and no sign.
Karteikarte #9 12s ▶ Testen

You ride out of a car park onto the street. Who has to wait — you or the traffic on the street?

✓ Antwort: you do
Coming out of a car park or driveway, you give way to everyone on the street — right before left does not apply.
Karteikarte #10 15s ▶ Testen

A junction has working traffic lights and a priority sign that disagree. Which one do you follow?

✓ Antwort: the lights
Working lights switch the priority signs off. The signs only take over when the lights are dark or flashing amber.
Karteikarte #11 12s ▶ Testen

Priority decides who is at … if it goes wrong — it does not protect you.

✓ Antwort: fault
A rule about fault, not a force field.
Schwer
Multiple Choice #1 12s ▶ Testen

A junction with no signs and no lights. A car is coming from your right. What do you do?

  • ● Let the car go first
  • ○ Ride on; a bicycle goes before a car
  • ○ Stop and wait until the road is empty in both directions
Right before left. With no police officer, no light and no sign, the vehicle coming from the right goes first — and a bicycle is a vehicle like any other, with no special claim and no special duty.
Multiple Choice #2 12s ▶ Testen

A junction with no signs and no lights. A car is coming from your left and slowing. What do you do?

  • ● Ride on; you are on its right, so it waits for you
  • ○ Let the car go first, because a car always goes before a bicycle
  • ○ Stop and wave the car through
Right before left works in both directions. Coming from the left, the car has to wait for you. Waving people through is a habit worth losing: it takes the decision away from the person who can see best.
Multiple Choice #3 15s ▶ Testen

You arrive at a roundabout marked with this sign above a give-way triangle. What do you do?

  • ● Give way to traffic already in the ring, and do not signal on the way in
  • ○ Signal left on the way in so drivers know you are joining
  • ○ Ride in; traffic in the ring gives way to whoever is joining
Inside the ring has priority. Signalling on entry is expressly forbidden because it would suggest you are leaving at the first exit; you do signal right when you come out.
Multiple Choice #4 14s ▶ Testen

You are riding out of a supermarket car park onto the street. What do you do?

  • ● Wait for everything on the street, from both directions
  • ○ Apply right before left, so traffic from the left waits for you
  • ○ Ride out; anyone joining a street has priority over through traffic
Coming out of a property, a car park, a field track or a traffic-calmed area, you are joining traffic rather than meeting it — right before left does not apply and you give way to everyone.
Multiple Choice #5 14s ▶ Testen

The lights at a junction are flashing amber and there are no priority signs. What do you do?

  • ● Treat it as right before left
  • ○ Treat amber as green and ride through
  • ○ Stop completely, as if it were a stop sign
Flashing amber means the installation is out of service. The rules fall back one step: signs first, and if there are none, right before left.
Multiple Choice #6 15s ▶ Testen

You have priority, but the driver waiting in the side road is already rolling out and looking the other way. What do you do?

  • ● Brake and let the car go, then carry on
  • ○ Take your priority and ride past close behind the car
  • ○ Ring the bell and keep your speed so the driver notices you
Having priority is a rule about who is at fault, not a force field. A driver who has not looked at you does not know you exist. Give up the right and keep the collision.
Karteikarte #7 18s ▶ Testen

What does this sign warn you about?

✓ Antwort: a junction where right before left applies
An even cross, not a thick one: neither road has priority, so the old default is about to decide. The thick-barred cross is the other sign.
Karteikarte #8 20s ▶ Testen

Which four things decide priority, in the order they are read?

✓ Antwort: police, then lights, then signs, then right before left
Each one switches off everything below it. A police officer overrides a green light; a green light overrides the yellow diamond.
Multiple Choice #9 18s ▶ Testen

You passed this sign and rode through the junction after it. At the next junction there are no signs, and a car is coming from your right. What do you do?

  • ● Let the car go first; the sign covered only the junction you passed
  • ○ Carry on; the sign gave you priority along the whole road
  • ○ Stop and wait until the road is empty in both directions
This sign gives priority at one junction only. After it, with no new sign, right before left is back. The yellow diamond is the sign that runs on along the road.
Multiple Choice #10 12s ▶ Testen

The light is green for you, but a police officer standing in the junction signals you to stop. What do you do?

  • ● Stop; the officer's signal comes before the light
  • ○ Ride on; the green light gives you the right of way
  • ○ Ride on slowly and keep an eye on the officer
A police officer's signal overrides the lights, the signs and right before left alike.