Traffic lightsNorway
Traffic rules
Norway
20. Traffic lights
Traffic lights use coloured lights, arrows or symbols to regulate when road users may proceed, must prepare to stop or must remain stopped. Separate signals may apply to particular directions, lanes, pedestrians, cyclists or public-transport vehicles.
A green light permits movement only when the route is clear and the movement is otherwise legal. Road users must still follow priority rules, turning restrictions, lane markings and instructions from authorised traffic controllers.
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What must a driver do at red, amber and green signals in Norway?
Red means stop at the applicable line. Amber generally warns that the signal is changing and calls for a stop where it can be made safely; do not accelerate to beat it. Green allows movement only when the way is clear. Observe local arrow, flashing-signal and stop-line rules.
🔗 lovdata.no • Norwegian Government, Traffic Signs Regulations
May you turn at a red traffic light in Norway?
For a car, a red signal means stop; it does not become a give-way rule after stopping. Follow any directional signal that separately authorises your movement. Exemptions signed for particular road users do not automatically apply to cars.
🔗 lovdata.no • Norway, traffic-sign regulation, signals 1080–1084
Can a green light remove the need to give way to pedestrians in Norway?
No. A green signal is not a guarantee that the junction is empty. Check for people already crossing, vehicles completing a movement and any separate pedestrian, bicycle or turning signals. Do not enter if you cannot clear the junction safely.
🔗 lovdata.no • Norway, traffic-sign regulation, signals 1080–1084; 🔗 lovdata.no • Norway, Traffic Rules, sections 7 and 9
