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Ik ben niet vertrouwd met de wetgeving van landen waar men links rijdt, en weet dus niet of er idd een voorrang aan rechts of toch links zou gelden.

Er zijn linksrijdende landen waar voorrang aan rechts toegepast wordt, maar ze hebben er idd problemen mee (best afschaffen zoals UK en Ierland)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priorit...river.27s_side

Priority to the Driver's side

Australia, which drives on the left, uses an opposite rule (also termed "priority to the right") on four-way intersections where the roads all have equal priority but not for T-intersections.[1] Most intersections are marked and signed however, so this rule is mostly applied at intersections with failed traffic lights. New Zealand uses priority to the right on all intersections, at least for turning traffic. Singapore also adopts Priority-to-the-right, as well as priority to vehicles going straight and turning vehicles to give way to vehicles going straight, even though Singapore drives on the left hand side as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_to_the_right

Priority to the right is a right-of-way system, in which a driver of a vehicle shall give way to vehicles approaching from the right at intersections. The system is stipulated in Article 18.4.a of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic for countries where traffic keeps to the right and applies to all intersections where it is not overridden by priority signs (uncontrolled intersections), including side roads and roundabouts (but not paths or earth-tracks).

Nu nog opzoeken welke landen allemaal dat toen ondertekend hebben.
Dit is wel V´A´R voor rechtsrijdende landen.

Vooral linksrijdend Nieuw Zeeland heeft een probleem bij T-kp met Priority to the right en willen het aanpassen.

http://www.aucklandtrains.co.nz/2011...we-just-do-it/

May 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm | 14 comments

The Government is today calling for public submissions on its plans to change the give way rules.

It’s planned this will come into effect early next year. Can’t we just get on with it?

Currently if you are turning left you have to give way to right turning traffic coming towards you. This change – as happens everywhere else you drive - would reverse this so the left turning vehicle would have right of way in this situation. It is proposed to amend the rule to require a driver turning right at an intersection to give way to all oncoming traffic travelling straight ahead or turning left, unless a traffic sign or traffic signal requires the driver to stop or give way.

officiele bron:

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/consultation...1/q-and-a.html

Give-way rules
2. Why are changes to the give-way rules proposed?
A change to the give-way rules was identified as a road safety priority in the Government’s road safety strategy to 2020, Safer Journeys. The changes were confirmed by Transport Minister Steven Joyce in September 2010 and will apply to the left turn-right turn give-way rule and the T-intersection rule.

The current give-way rules place complex demands on road users. Intersection crashes currently account for 17 percent of fatal crashes. While more than half of fatal intersection crashes occur in rural areas the majority, over 80 percent, of intersection crashes causing injury are in urban areas. Over the decade to 2009, the number of crashes involving pedestrians and turning vehicles at intersections has doubled.

It’s expected that the proposed changes to the give-way rules will reduce intersection crashes and improve safety, especially for pedestrians and cyclists.

The proposed changes will result in less complex decision-making at intersections. Drivers of left-turning vehicles will only need to check whether there are pedestrians crossing the road into which they are turning, and whether there are any cyclists on the inside of the turning vehicle. The driver of a right-turning vehicle will need to assess only whether there is a sufficient gap in the oncoming traffic.

The proposed changes are also expected to marginally reduce the risk of a right-turning vehicle at an uncontrolled T-intersection being hit in the rear by straight-through traffic.

Er zijn veel landen die ondertussen aan de andere kant vd weg rijden (meestal van links naar rechts) maar hun voorrang van rechts behouden hebben.
Zweden moet je toch bekend voorkomen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr...s_historic.svg

World map showing the driving directions for all countries and any changes that have occurred in the past starting with Finland's change in 1858.
Has always driven on the right (RHT).
Originally drove on the left, but now drives on the right.
Has always driven on the left (LHT).
Originally drove on the right, but now drives on the left.
Once had different rules of the road (depending on one's location), but now drives on the right.

Hier het probleem met mooie tekeningen:
http://www.aa.co.nz/aadirections/dri...Hand-Rule.aspx