Poll - who has the right of way on junction of road of equal importane....

CiniO

I'm just curious how many of youse know correct answer.

Mr. Presentable

Where poll?

Traffic coming from your right has right of way.

Gumbo

CiniO wrote: »

I'm just curious how many of youse know correct answer.

car approaching from the right?

mike65

In that situation I would indicate to the other driver to go first, if I'm stationary I won't start the crash.

Mint Sauce

CiniO wrote: »

I'm just curious how many of youse know correct answer.

I would say at a guess, if you both arrive at the same time, treat as a roundabout, giveway to the right.

gingernut79

traffic already on the junction and traffic to your right

Cookie_Monster

if its a crossroads I'd answer option 2 and option 4 combined, 2 being the priority and 4 to a lesser extend dependant on the junction and what the traffic is doing.

alexmcred

Answer is in the question "right of way" ie right have way

vectra

It all depends on which direction the other car is coming from and which direction it is heading

barryfitz

wheres the option for "Car with the highest number of hot female occupants" :eek:

Boskowski

I have to make a confession.

I moved over from Germany quite some time ago and it's 'rechts vor links' in Germany and its pretty much hammered into you when you get your mandatory lessons.
When I came to Ireland then I naturally assumed it would be exactly the other way around - as in 'left before right' or whatever way you want to transalate it.

But here is my confession. Albeit this being a pretty fundamental rule I never actually bothered looking it up - because after a couple of weeks on Irish roads I figured that in any case I'd be the only guy on the road knowing this and most equal road junctions aren't actually equal as in they have lines for one direction and no line for the other direction. Have to see an 'equal' junction yet.

If I ever found myself on such a junction I'd just let the other guy go. And yes, I'm the guy who ticked 'Vehicles coming from the left.'.

I'm curious now.

mp22

if you are at a junction where the roads are of equal importance, the traffic on your right has right of way. You must let that traffic pass before moving on. It is important to understand that the right of way is not an absolute right. You must proceed with caution while showing regard for other users of the road. from here http://www.rulesoftheroad.ie/rules-for-driving/junctions-roundabouts/junctions.html

CiniO

Boskowski wrote: »

I have to make a confession.

I moved over from Germany quite some time ago and it's 'rechts vor links' in Germany and its pretty much hammered into you when you get your mandatory lessons.
When I came to Ireland then I naturally assumed it would be exactly the other way around - as in 'left before right' or whatever way you want to transalate it.

But here is my confession. Albeit this being a pretty fundamental rule I never actually bothered looking it up - because after a couple of weeks on Irish roads I figured that in any case I'd be the only guy on the road knowing this and most equal road junctions aren't actually equal as in they have lines for one direction and no line for the other direction. Have to see an 'equal' junction yet.

If I ever found myself on such a junction I'd just let the other guy go. And yes, I'm the guy who ticked 'Vehicles coming from the left.'.

I'm curious now.

Because actually there doesn't seem to be any junctions of roads of equal importance.
Or at least I didn't see any of them before.
But according to my neighbour thread - most likely all junctions with traffic lights, when the traffic lights are not working for some reason, are junctions of equal importance.

And yes - that's true.
On the continent this seems to be one of the most fundamental rules of driving. In Ireland - not really.
AFAIK in British rules of the road it's not even specified who has the right of way on junction of roads of equal importance.
In Ireland there is - but plenty of people doesn't know about it.
Acutally seems that people who come to this forum are different and they know