Recognising a sign is the beginning. You also need to observe what is happening around it. These three original scenarios help you describe the scene, identify the risk and apply the rule. They are not official DGT questions.
Green, but no room on the other side
You have a green light and a queue occupies the junction exit. Moving ahead would leave you stopped inside, blocking cross traffic. Should you enter?
No. Wait before entering until there is enough room to avoid blocking the junction. Article 59.1 of the General Traffic Regulations requires you to avoid that obstruction even when you have priority. The decisive detail is the occupied exit: green does not create space, and neither does sounding the horn.
Below the limit, but with poor visibility
You are below the posted maximum. Heavy rain begins and you can barely see what is happening ahead. Is staying below the limit enough?
No. Adapt your speed so you can stop within what you can see and before obstacles, as article 45 requires. The maximum is not a compulsory speed. Reduce speed according to conditions and retain a margin for reacting.
Give way, with a vehicle on your left
Your junction approach has a give-way sign. A vehicle approaches from your left along the priority road. No officer or traffic light changes the situation. Can you go first because the other vehicle comes from the left?
No. Your sign requires you to yield to the vehicle from the left too. Article 56.5 requires you to yield to traffic on the priority road, whatever side it approaches from. Stop if necessary. Article 58.1 explains how to give way: do not force the other driver to change speed or direction abruptly.
Change a detail and reason again
Imagine that the first junction’s exit is now clear. Blocking it is no longer the reason to wait, but you must still observe pedestrians and other risks. Changing one detail can change the decision; do not memorise a phrase intended to resolve every case.
Learn by topic and read the theory-test guide. Use examples to study; always apply the rules and signs for the real situation.
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