Give way to oncoming trafficHungary
Traffic rules
Hungary
17. Give way to oncoming traffic
Give way to oncoming traffic means that drivers must allow vehicles approaching from the opposite direction to pass first through a narrow section of road. The rule is normally indicated by a sign facing the direction that must yield and a corresponding priority sign facing oncoming traffic.
Drivers must reduce speed and stop when necessary before entering the narrow passage. They may continue only when they can do so safely and without obstructing oncoming traffic that has priority.
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When must I give way to oncoming traffic in Hungary?
Give way where the oncoming-priority sign, an applicable signal or an authorised controller requires it. Without such a control, vehicles meeting on a road too narrow for safe passage must stop and make room; if reversing is needed, the vehicle for which it is easier must reverse, considering the vehicles and conditions.
🔗 njt.jog.gov.hu • KRESZ sections 3,12(1)(c),16(1)(b),32
Road narrowing, give way to oncoming drivers.
English • Traffic sign figure 13 • Priority for oncoming traffic. Drivers must give way to oncoming vehicles at the narrowing.
Magyar • 13. ábra • A szembejövő forgalom elsőbbsége. Az útszűkületben elsőbbséget kell adni a szembejövő jármű részére.
Sources
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🔗 Njt.jog.gov.hu • 1/1975. (II. 5.) KPM–BM együttes rendelet (KRESZ) • 12(1)c • 13. ábra
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Does a road-narrows warning automatically give oncoming traffic priority in Hungary?
Not necessarily. A warning of a narrow carriageway is not itself the same as an instruction to give way. Check whether there is a separate priority sign, signal or temporary traffic control, and take account of any rules for an obstruction on your side.
What if an oncoming vehicle is already entering a narrow passage in Hungary?
Reduce speed and wait where you can do so safely rather than forcing two vehicles into insufficient space. Even if a sign gives your approach priority, that does not justify a collision or endangering another road user.
