Little Difference #8 - Priority to the right
See that traffic sign? The one with the black X inside a red and white triangle? THAT is an important sign to know about when driving in Luxembourg. It signals that the street to your right has priority. Essentially you must yield to all vehicles coming from the right. So if you are driving down the street and you see a car approaching from the right, you must stop and let that car go. This is a completely new traffic concept for me and for the other Americans I've met here. It is also an easy rule to forget about as you're driving 30-35 mph down a street, even with the street sign and the sign painted on the road. In the U.S. the intersecting street to the right would have a stop sign. Cars would have to wait until it was clear to turn. It is very different to give priority to cars that are turning. Luckily one of Bryce's colleagues told us about this sign on our preview trip. Of course that was after we'd been driving a day or so.
Has anyone heard of a traffic rule like this in the U.S?
See that traffic sign? The one with the black X inside a red and white triangle? THAT is an important sign to know about when driving in Luxembourg. It signals that the street to your right has priority. Essentially you must yield to all vehicles coming from the right. So if you are driving down the street and you see a car approaching from the right, you must stop and let that car go. This is a completely new traffic concept for me and for the other Americans I've met here. It is also an easy rule to forget about as you're driving 30-35 mph down a street, even with the street sign and the sign painted on the road. In the U.S. the intersecting street to the right would have a stop sign. Cars would have to wait until it was clear to turn. It is very different to give priority to cars that are turning. Luckily one of Bryce's colleagues told us about this sign on our preview trip. Of course that was after we'd been driving a day or so.
Has anyone heard of a traffic rule like this in the U.S?
