Who at a crossroads right of way should be regulated as simply as possible: either with the help of appropriate give way and give way signs, a traffic light, or right-before-left. But the so-called half right of way makes turning a whole lot more complicated: Because the regulation only applies at certain points in road traffic and also decides who is responsible for the accident that has occurred Damage must be liable.
If you come to one Crossing or confluence where right-before-left applies, you have priority to the right, but you have to wait to the left. So far, so well known. However, half the right of way means the following: Even if a road user has priority, he still has to go moderate speed drive up to the intersection if the traffic situation is not easy to see.
Half right of way: In these cases, the traffic rule applies
This is to ensure that the driver can still stop in time in an emergency if he should pull from the right himself oncoming traffic receive. This, in turn, should also protect road users coming from the left, who have to wait anyway in this situation. The rule comes into play judgment of the Federal Court of Justice from 1977 back.
But that’s not all: there is another one for the special regulation restriction. Anyone who has the right of way at the intersection does not have to reduce their speed if they see the road to their right and the traffic coming from there see well enough can. The Society for Accident and Damage Research (GFU) explains this on its website on the subject of traffic law. Here, the person entitled to the right of way can rely on his rights, but not in places that are difficult to see.
It also gets particularly tricky in one-way streets: Here road users must pay particular attention to cyclists who could also be traveling in the opposite direction to the traffic.
Accident at the intersection: who is liable for halfway?
However, if there is one Accident at a point where half the right of way applies, the Liability divided: As a rule, the person who is obliged to wait has to take on the majority, as usual, but the person who has the right of way is liable 25 percent with.
In summary, this means: Half the right of way only applies at intersections that are difficult to see from the right for those who have the right of way. However, if the road user has a good overview, he does not have to reduce his speed.
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