Topic: Traffic signs, markings and signals · Nº 289 / 1397
Si pasa un semáforo en verde y se queda bloqueando en un cruce, ¿qué hará?
If you go through a green light and are left blocking a junction, what will you do?
- ASalir de la intersección por la primera salida posible, y nunca seguiré de frente.Leave the junction by the first possible exit, and never go straight on.
- BSalir de la intersección sin esperar a que se permita la circulación en la dirección que me proponía tomar.Leave the junction without waiting for traffic to be allowed in the direction I intended to take.
- CEsperaré en el eje de la calzada hasta que el semáforo pase a rojo, y, otra vez, a verde.Wait in the centre of the carriageway until the light turns red and then green again.
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Correct answer
- BSalir de la intersección sin esperar a que se permita la circulación en la dirección que me proponía tomar.Leave the junction without waiting for traffic to be allowed in the direction I intended to take.
Explanation
A driver who has been stopped inside a junction controlled by traffic lights and is blocking cross traffic must leave it without waiting for traffic to be allowed in the direction they intended to take, provided they do not hinder those moving in the permitted direction.
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