My logic was that this is a roundabout, hence I have to indicate according to my exit and I have to wait for my left side to be free before moving into it.
Why is my answer wrong here?
Edit: Alright thanks got it, it looks like a roundabout but with no roundabout sign and thus rechts vor links applies.
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It is no roundabout. It could be one, but it is missing the sign.
Its not a roundabout. Theres no roundabout sign. Its only a circular road.
so this is the other type of roundabout that isn’t actually a roundabout and it’s right-before-left
There‘s no „roundabout-sign“, hence it‘s „rechts vor links“.
It looks like a roundabout but it isn’t one. Therefore you, coming from the right, have the right of way.
No it’s not a roundabout. That’s the issue. It’s a regular “rechts vor links” situation. Red car has to wait.
It’s only a roundabout when there is [this](https://www.fahrtipps.de/img/534/kreisverkehr-vorfahrt.gif) sign
This is a right turn. Not a roundabout. Roundabout is only when there is a sign of a roundabout. Not every round road is a roundabout.
I don’t see a roundabout sign, therefore it’s not a roundabout. There’s also no sign indicating right of way, therefore it’s your right of way.
There is no yield sign so right has priority over left
It‘s not a roundabout and even roundabouts have yield signs.
“Right before left” is applied here and the sign only allows turning right.
no roundabout sign, no roundabout rules apply. easy as that
Cause that’s not a roundabout. Roundabout has the blue sign with the arrow circle before it. This is a one way street shaped as a circle, therefore links für rechts applicable. Also if this was a roundabout you wouldn’t need to indicate right when entering.
If there is no “vorfahrt gewähren” sign at the entrance of a roundabout, then right before left counts, hence the red car has to wait. Happens super rare in practice, as basically all roundabout have a “vorfahrt gewähren” sign when entering the roundabout.
This is a false roundabout. The lesser and rarer form of roundabout in Germany. It is not designated with a roundabout sign, rather only a right turn sign.
Right before left rule applies. Like in 30 zone.
You enter with an indicator.
The cars on your left give way to you.
You exit with an indicator.
Just because it is a roundabout the basic rules don’t magically change. As there are no signs indicating anything else, the rule here is right before left. So you go first and the red car has to wait.
There are some roundabouts without the typicall traffic sign. Therefore you have priototy, because the red car is on your left and you have to blink when you enter and leave the roundabout.
This is germany, this roundabout lacks a sign stating those inside have right-away therefore it is right before left and those inside have to wait.
In my opinion it is the worst misstake in german traffic law.
There is no “Yield” sign (the red/white triangular one) towards you, so there is no automatic priority for the roundabout. Rather, this works like a “normal” right-before-left intersection, and the red car has to wait for you.
(It is kind of a rare situation though: Many roundabouts have priority for people “inside” — but as I said, that case requires explicit signage.)
Don’t quote me on this, but I think the roundabout sign has two arrows circling each other? And the fact that all the arrows point in one direction, this would be a cause of right before left.
I’m curious what the correct answer is.
Also important to add IF it was a roundabout (you do not indicate when driving in. You only indicate when you’re about to leave the roundabout)
Rechts vor Links MF!
I remember vividly. We had one of those “fake” roundabouts in Marburg when I was learning to drive. Driving instructor made us visit it multiple times because the examiners like to send students there. You have to indicate right when going in (which you don’t do on a normal roundabout), the cars coming in have right of way and you also have to indicate when you leave. Many hurdles that can trick you.
As others have pointed out: No roundabout sign with a yield sign = no roundabout, and therefore left before right
This isn’t a roundabout, because it’s missing the sign.
This is just a street that is coincidentally round
It is not a roundabout. It would only be a roundabout if you saw the roundabout sign and the give way triangle).
While not the standard I have seen these in my 20.000 km I have driven on my own car like 10 times.
My instructor explained me they are basically a one way road (see the blue arrow) that will run to the right.
Hence unless explicitly said in signage otherwise it is Rechts vor links.
In Germany you don’t indicate into real roundabouts either by the way. Only for leaving. Because you marked it down there…
Never seen something this stupidly designed in real life. This would cause so many accidents.
The question is answered, but an advice for real life: Should you encounter such a situation (it’s very, very rare) don’t assume the other car actually waits for you. Chances are high the person is as confused as you were.
I’ve never driven in Germany and dont live there anymore, but what is this rechts vor links rule? To me it seems wild that a turning car has right of way before a car just going straight.
We have those circular one way roads here. They are usually in a 30 only zone which makes it right goes first. Don’t confuse it with a roundabout which has clear signs of a roundabout. Most accidents happen because this is possible. Poor design, everyone hates it.
Not a roundabout. The roundabout should have 2 plates: one indicating that it is a roundabout and other indication that the preference belongs to who is coming.
Thus, it is a rechts vor links case.
This is one of those trick questions where it looks like a roundabout but isnt actually one. Only indication that its not one is the right arrow in the middle, so essentially a circular one way street. You can only turn right here and since you do not have the “Vorfahrt gewähren” sign (upside down red triangle with a thick red outline) it’s the same as any other intersection without signs. Cars coming from the left have to give you the right of way.
In this case roundabout is equal to the normal cross. Hence red car will wait, while you are on the right.
I had the same issue on this one as well until my wife cleared it up. It’s not a roundabout and there no sign stating it is
As a driver who’s used my British license in Germany and across the continent for 20 years, I hate the rechts vor links rule. It hardly ever applies anyway IME except on very residential roads so I end up just forgetting about it.
I don’t think I’ve seen it apply on larger roads like in this diagram, they almost always have the orange diamond giving the main carriageway priority.
I never saw this scenario in germany. A roundabout which isn’t a roundabout. That sounds stupid but yea, without the sign it’s classic right before left
Rechts vor links as many point out. But interestingly if you cross the border to Denmark you would have to yield to the red car because the change in surface you are about to cross acts as a yield line in Danish traffic code.