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Difficulty: MediumPriority and Right of Way

While moving towards a traffic-calming chicane where your lane has priority, an oncoming lorry flashes its headlights and commits to the narrow section ahead of a cyclist. What should you do?

  1. A
    Accelerate forward into the pinch point on the basis that flashing headlights always grant priority.
  2. Hold back and wait patiently for the oncoming traffic to clear the restriction completely.Answer
  3. C
    Drive into the narrow section alongside the lorry, expecting the larger vehicle to keep close to the kerb.
  4. D
    Enter the chicane immediately and sound your horn to force the oncoming cyclist out of the way.

Answer

Hold back and wait patiently for the oncoming traffic to clear the restriction completely.
Although traffic signs may indicate priority over oncoming traffic, priority is not an absolute right. When an oncoming vehicle is already entering or committed to the narrowed section, a courteous driver must hold back, wait patiently, and avoid insisting on the right of way.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Assess the positioning and movement of oncoming road users at the narrow chicane.
Identify that an oncoming lorry and cyclist are already committed to passing through the single-lane restriction.
Observing ongoing traffic behaviour prevents dangerous conflicts before entering a constrained roadway.
2
Apply the Highway Code principle regarding priority and road courtesy.
Decide to yield and wait before the chicane until the oncoming vehicles have passed safely.
Priority is not an absolute right; drivers must never insist on priority when doing so forces a conflict or endangers others.

Key Concept

Priority is given, not taken; drivers must never insist on priority when another vehicle is already committed to a narrow road section.
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