Chapter 3 · Lesson 2

Priority roads and priority-to-the-right

After this lesson, you can

explain what B4 gives you — and what it still does not give you
apply priority-to-the-right at an unsigned junction
apply the turning rule when your path crosses someone going straight
apply the exit rule and the obstruction rule before you enter the junction

1. Priority road (B4): they wait — you still watch

B4 — Priority road — B4: you are on the priority road. B5: it ends — ordinary rules return. Side roads usually show B1 or B2. Still expect the driver who misses theirs.

B5 — Priority road ends — B4: you are on the priority road. B5: it ends — ordinary rules return. Side roads usually show B1 or B2. Still expect the driver who misses theirs.

B4 never switches off consideration or the ban on blocking the junction. Having the diamond means others shall yield — it does not mean you may force through a full junction.

B6 — Priority for oncoming traffic — Narrow section: B6 means oncoming traffic goes first. B7 means they wait for you. Neither sign lets you skip looking.

B7 — Priority over oncoming traffic — Narrow section: B6 means oncoming traffic goes first. B7 means they wait for you. Neither sign lets you skip looking.

You pass B5. No new sign at the next unsigned junction. What applies?

Pick one answer to see why.

2. Priority-to-the-right where no sign decides

No signs. You go straight: give way to A on your right; B on your left gives way to you.

Unsigned junction, you go straight. A car from your right, one from your left. What do you do?

Pick one answer to see why.

3. Turning, exits, and not blocking the middle

Example

Reversing out of a driveway

Quiet villa street, no signs. You reverse out of a driveway to turn left. A cyclist comes from the left, a car from the right.

Answer: You wait for both.

The exit rule puts you last against everyone on the road you enter — car and cyclist alike. Priority-to-the-right never gets its turn here.

Situation	Who yields?	Rule
B1 / B2 / B4 at the junction	Whoever the sign points at	Signs beat priority-to-the-right
Out of a car park, driveway, path, cycle track, shoulder	You — against everyone crossed	Exit rule
You turn across straight traffic	You — the turning vehicle	Turning rule
No sign, no exit, no crossing issue	Give way to the right	Priority-to-the-right

Check in this order. The first row that fits decides.

4. Common mistakes

B4 means I can hold speed through.Others shall yield, but you still adapt and never block the junction.
Straight always beats turning.Only through the turning rule — and the exit rule beats both.
Priority-to-the-right works inside a B1 junction.Signs decide first. At B1 you yield to both sides, not only the right.
Out of a car park, the right-hand car still waits.The exit rule puts you last. Right-hand priority starts once you are on the road.
Entering a full junction is fine if it is my turn.If you may get stuck and block others, wait before it.

Official source: Transportstyrelsen — Högerregeln

Official source: Trafikförordningen (1998:1276) 3 kap. 18, 20, 21, 24 §§

Sign artwork: public domain (Transportstyrelsen). Lesson text is a MinKörkort study draft — not the official legal wording.