Priority at the next junctionBangladesh
Traffic rules
Bangladesh
1. Priority at the next junction
Priority at the next junction means that drivers travelling on a particular road have priority over traffic entering from intersecting roads at the next junction. The priority arrangement is normally indicated by signs facing both the priority traffic and the traffic that must give way.
Unlike a continuing priority road, this priority applies only at the indicated intersection. Drivers must still approach cautiously and obey traffic lights, authorised officers, crossings, turning rules and other applicable signs.
How is priority at the next junction determined in Bangladesh?
Read the junction’s traffic controls and the applicable highway rules. Section 48 gives priority to regional-highway traffic when a vehicle enters from a district highway, and to national-highway traffic when entering from a regional highway. It also addresses entry between highways by reference to the road carrying more motor vehicles. Do not decide priority from a destination diagram alone.
🔗 bsp.brta.gov.bd • BRTA — complete Traffic Signs Manual Volume 1, March 2000, actual meanings
🔗 rthd.gov.bd • RTHD — current official law index, October 2026
Does priority at one junction automatically continue along the entire road in Bangladesh?
No. Check the actual controls and road categories at each following junction. The Act’s highway-entry priority provisions and the manual’s Stop and Give Way instructions have specific applications. A route name or destination diagram does not cancel those controls or establish permanent priority everywhere along a road.
🔗 bsp.brta.gov.bd • BRTA — complete Traffic Signs Manual Volume 1, March 2000, actual meanings
🔗 rthd.gov.bd • RTHD — current official law index, October 2026
May a driver with priority ignore pedestrians or another safety obligation at the next junction in Bangladesh?
No. Junction priority does not cancel duties towards pedestrians, traffic signals, emergency vehicles or other road users where the law gives them precedence. Approach at a speed allowing you to stop safely.
🔗 bsp.brta.gov.bd • BRTA — complete Traffic Signs Manual Volume 1, March 2000, actual meanings
🔗 rthd.gov.bd • RTHD — current official law index, October 2026
