Hey guys I have put together and image containing 3 separate theory image questions ive been studying. But i just cant for the life of me understand why in the first one I "DON'T" have to yield / give way to the cyclist. But on the next two I DO? In all the three questions the cyclist is coming onto a crosswalk from the sidewalk. In all 3 situations I'm turning right. I cant see what the difference is and why the first on i dont need to yield / give way to her and the second ones i do?

If someone with experience could please help explain this to me it would be great!

Thanks!

by Bravo718

8 comments

  1. In the first picture, the turn is after crossing, so the car is driving forward, not turning.

    Other pictures, crossing is after turning, so the car is turning and must yield.

  2. First one is just zebra crossing and second and third picture have bicycle path extension next to it.

  3. The difference is in the bicycle path drawn on the road beside the “zebra”.

  4. It has nothing to do with bicycle paths. Bicycle path intersections are marked with [the first sign here](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/mita-jokaisen-pyorailijan-pitaisi-tietaa-uudesta-tieliikennelaista) and on those, cyclists have the right of way.

    None of those scenarios contain this sign. They are regular zebra crossings, and cyclists can go over them, but must by default yield to other traffic apart from a couple of exceptions: when other traffic approaches from a turn, or when the other traffic has a Yield triangle sign.

  5. So many wrong answers here. When you go over a zebra crossing by driving straight, bicycles give way if there’s no signs indicating otherwise. If you go over a zebra crossing by turning either way, you have to give way to bicycles.

  6. I would have said yes I have to give way in all three.

    In the second one, there is a quadcycle on the right mirror. Just because that I would say yes that I need to give way to other road users.

    On case 2 and 3, it’s not an intersection but just a right turn. Here the path the bicycle follows is it’s own lane and you are actually crossing it to make the turn (take note there is second quadcycle who is probably gonna go straight on second picture)

    On the first one though, it’s an intersection. Like the explanation says, in equal intersection you only give way to vehicles on the right but not bicycle, they have to give way on an intersection unless it’s a non equal intersection then you have to follow the rule of the intersection.

    In practice I would still wait for the bicycle, it’s safer. But in the exam, I suppose I would be wrong here and lose a point.

  7. Think it like this: Unless stated otherwise, the one going straight has the right of way, the one crossing over the other one’s path has to yield.
    If both are going straight (crossing paths), car has the right of way, unless the crosswalk is specifically marked as an extension of bicycle lane.

    In the first image, you’re going straight, cyclist is crossing over your path, thus the cyclist has to yield. You are turning yes, but you’re turning after the crosswalk so you turning or not does not affect here.

    In the rest of the pictures you are turning and crossing over the bicyclists path, who’s going straight, thus you must yield.

    EDIT: Added clarification.

  8. Don’t worry – plenty of both bicyclists and drivers out there who don’t know these rules, people who think they always have the right of way.

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