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Topic: Traffic signs, markings and signals · Nº 324 / 1397

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¿Qué haremos ante esta señal?

What will we do at this sign?

  • ADetenernos en todo caso.Stop in all cases.
  • BCeder el paso a la circulación transversal.Give way to crossing traffic.
  • CTendremos prohibido el paso por el paso estrecho, si obligo a los vehículos que circulen en sentido contrario a detenerse.We will be prohibited from entering the narrow passage if we would force vehicles coming the other way to stop.
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  • CTendremos prohibido el paso por el paso estrecho, si obligo a los vehículos que circulen en sentido contrario a detenerse.We will be prohibited from entering the narrow passage if we would force vehicles coming the other way to stop.
Explanation

This is sign R-5 «Priority for oncoming traffic»: it prohibits entering the narrow passage until it is possible to get through it without forcing vehicles coming the other way to stop. Its counterpart is R-6, which gives priority to whoever sees it.

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