Give way to oncoming trafficRomania
1. 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.
When must I give way to oncoming traffic in Romania?
Where priority signs, temporary signals or an authorised controller in Romania require your direction to yield at a narrow road or bridge, allow opposing traffic through first. Do not assume every narrowing has the same priority arrangement.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 35, 48; Regulation 65–66, 127, 132, 135
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 65–66, 127, 132, 135
Road narrowing, give way to oncoming drivers.
English • Priority for oncoming traffic. Prohibitions and restrictions apply from the sign. Unless signs specify the section length or end the restriction, they cease at the nearest junction. When installed with a built-up-area entry sign, they apply on that road until the end-of-built-up-area sign, except where other signs state otherwise.
Română • Prioritate pentru circulația din sens invers. Semnificația indicatoarelor de interzicere sau de restricție începe din dreptul acestora. În lipsa unei semnalizări care să precizeze lungimea sectorului pe care se aplică reglementarea ori a unor indicatoare care să anunțe sfârșitul interdicției sau al restricției, semnificația acestor indicatoare încetează în intersecția cea mai apropiată. Când indicatoarele de interzicere sau restricție sunt instalate împreună cu indicatorul ce anunță intrarea într-o localitate, semnificația lor este valabilă pe drumul respectiv până la întâlnirea indicatorului „Ieșire din localitate”, cu excepția locurilor unde alte indicatoare dispun altfel.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • art. 66 alin. (6)
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • HG nr. 1391/2006 • anexa nr. 2 • B1 • Monitorul Oficial nr. 876/2006, p. 36
SVG source: Alex:D • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Original revision 2012-12-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does a road-narrows warning automatically give oncoming traffic priority in Romania?
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.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 35, 48; Regulation 65–66, 127, 132, 135
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 65–66, 127, 132, 135
What if an oncoming vehicle is already entering a narrow passage in Romania?
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.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 35, 48; Regulation 65–66, 127, 132, 135
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 65–66, 127, 132, 135

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