Here’s the fun thing: it depends on the roundabout 😎
Yes
They dont, you can see the triangle telling them that they have to give way to traffic in the second picture
If there is no pedestrian crossing, no.
I’d say no, but if as a driver I saw a pedestrian there I would ensure I could stop if they walked into the road.
It’s just an indication board.
Little consideration is given to pedestrians there, if you ask me. Those have to make do with the bike lane. And cyclists do indeed have to give way to motorists here.
So in this particular case – without pedestrian crossings – pedestrians will indeed depend on the courtesy of motorists when it is busy.
Not a pedestrian crossing, no priority. This is a regular cycle crossing (*not continuous cycle path*), so no priority for cycles either.
However, for the side of the road where cars *exit* the roundabout, cars are technically doing a maneuver (turning), therefore losing all priority… therefore I believe giving priority to pedestrians. Cyclists do have the yield sign so stay lowest priority.
They don’t.
Read the fucking road signs.
Pedestrians ALLWAYS have priority against motorized traffic.
If you hit them you will always be at fault, even if he crosses the road at less than 30m of a crossing.
Nope
Context: I was almost run over by the same bus I just got off. It stopped very close to the roundabout entrance and I wasn’t aware of who had priority so I crossed immediately as it was driving off.
Even funnier, there were 2 cars coming towards me on the second lane too. However, they were far enough and I walked faster as soon as I noticed them.
Learn from my mistake people, you don’t always get lucky.
geen zebrapad = geen voorrang. Voetgangers kunnen wel nog altijd gewoon oversteken en hun voorrang voor zwakke weg gebruiker afdwingen. Een bestuurder moet namelijk voor eender welk obstakel op de weg kunnen uitwijken of stoppen.
This is signage for bikes (and even they do not have any priority, even though they tend to assume they do).
On the first picture I see no zebra crossing so pedestrians have no priority (neither have bicycles). On the second picture, the same for the crossing in front. On the one further on, pedestrians will have priority on the cars coming from the roundabout. Although there is no zebra crossing, cars entering the road need to always give priority to pedestrians. The roundabout changes nothing to that rule.
That’s funny: I used to make this exact roundabout everyday by bike, and normally I always stopped to give way to cars. But every time the coming car stopped too, and waited for me to pass.
It was strange to me, because I saw the small triangle sign on the bike lane and interpreted as obligation to give way, but at some point I assumed I was wrong, because literally every car stopped for me.
I wanted to write a post here to ask you all, but in the end my laziness won. So thank you
u/UsernameOf2022 for making the post 🙂
Practically: no… But (and it’s a big one) theoretically yes
The belgian road code says the following two things:
>19.2 …
Het verlaten van een rotonde is een richtingsverandering waarbij de richtingaanwijzers wel gebruikt moeten worden.
…
and
> **19.5.** De bestuurder die van richting verandert moet voorrang verlenen aan de voetgangers die de rijbaan oversteken die hij gaat oprijden.
17 comments
Here’s the fun thing: it depends on the roundabout 😎
Yes
They dont, you can see the triangle telling them that they have to give way to traffic in the second picture
If there is no pedestrian crossing, no.
I’d say no, but if as a driver I saw a pedestrian there I would ensure I could stop if they walked into the road.
It’s just an indication board.
Little consideration is given to pedestrians there, if you ask me. Those have to make do with the bike lane. And cyclists do indeed have to give way to motorists here.
So in this particular case – without pedestrian crossings – pedestrians will indeed depend on the courtesy of motorists when it is busy.
Not a pedestrian crossing, no priority. This is a regular cycle crossing (*not continuous cycle path*), so no priority for cycles either.
However, for the side of the road where cars *exit* the roundabout, cars are technically doing a maneuver (turning), therefore losing all priority… therefore I believe giving priority to pedestrians. Cyclists do have the yield sign so stay lowest priority.
They don’t.
Read the fucking road signs.
Pedestrians ALLWAYS have priority against motorized traffic.
If you hit them you will always be at fault, even if he crosses the road at less than 30m of a crossing.
Nope
Context: I was almost run over by the same bus I just got off. It stopped very close to the roundabout entrance and I wasn’t aware of who had priority so I crossed immediately as it was driving off.
Even funnier, there were 2 cars coming towards me on the second lane too. However, they were far enough and I walked faster as soon as I noticed them.
Learn from my mistake people, you don’t always get lucky.
geen zebrapad = geen voorrang. Voetgangers kunnen wel nog altijd gewoon oversteken en hun voorrang voor zwakke weg gebruiker afdwingen. Een bestuurder moet namelijk voor eender welk obstakel op de weg kunnen uitwijken of stoppen.
This is signage for bikes (and even they do not have any priority, even though they tend to assume they do).
On the first picture I see no zebra crossing so pedestrians have no priority (neither have bicycles). On the second picture, the same for the crossing in front. On the one further on, pedestrians will have priority on the cars coming from the roundabout. Although there is no zebra crossing, cars entering the road need to always give priority to pedestrians. The roundabout changes nothing to that rule.
That’s funny: I used to make this exact roundabout everyday by bike, and normally I always stopped to give way to cars. But every time the coming car stopped too, and waited for me to pass.
It was strange to me, because I saw the small triangle sign on the bike lane and interpreted as obligation to give way, but at some point I assumed I was wrong, because literally every car stopped for me.
I wanted to write a post here to ask you all, but in the end my laziness won. So thank you
u/UsernameOf2022 for making the post 🙂
Practically: no… But (and it’s a big one) theoretically yes
The belgian road code says the following two things:
>19.2 …
Het verlaten van een rotonde is een richtingsverandering waarbij de richtingaanwijzers wel gebruikt moeten worden.
…
and
> **19.5.** De bestuurder die van richting verandert moet voorrang verlenen aan de voetgangers die de rijbaan oversteken die hij gaat oprijden.
Source: [https://www.wegcode.be/nl/regelgeving/1975120109~hra8v386pu#5r0b8tsit0](https://www.wegcode.be/nl/regelgeving/1975120109~hra8v386pu#5r0b8tsit0)
in FR
>19.2 …
Le fait de sortir d’un rond-point est un changement de direction impliquant l’usage des indicateurs de direction.
…
and
> **19.5.** Le conducteur qui change de direction doit céder le passage aux piétons qui traversent la chaussée sur laquelle il va s’engager.
Source: [https://www.code-de-la-route.be/fr/reglementation/1975120109~hra8v386pu#96so4qt3uv](https://www.code-de-la-route.be/fr/reglementation/1975120109~hra8v386pu#96so4qt3uv)
There is no mention that a pedestrian crossing is required to have this priority so theoretically you could say you have priority…
though my advice would be don’t risk it and wait for a motorvehicle to let you pass