Who has right of way??

[wu56Shoozz]

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I've enclose two views of a particular junction in Coatbridge.

The A725 is 4 lanes. Two up (North/Top of the Map) & Two (South/Bottom of the map) You approach this junction on the outside lane, indicating that you wish to turn right onto the B753. There are no filter lanes to this as it a simple right hand turn, you move forward and wait until traffic is clear then proceed. Your view to the right is obscured by the "BIG TREE" pub.

On the B753 there are two lanes that cross the A725, one for turning right only and on to the A725,and the inside lane for straight ahead (Calder Street) and turning left.

So, you're on the outside lane of the A725 wanting to turn right, you have your indicator on ready to go, On the B753 there are two columns of traffic waiting to go but its not their time.(Red Light)
Your turn comes and you move off and proceed to turn right, there's traffic behind you following right, you hear a siren coming but can't find it, but still proceed to turn right only to be confronted with an ambulance on the wrong side of the road, blues & twos on. You can't go back (Traffic behind you) and he's not for letting you move over to let him through.. Who has right of way??

 

[markjay]

If you are asking about the ambulance... then the ambulance has right of way BUT you are not permitted to commit any trafic offences while trying to accommodate it.

So if for example you're stopped at a red light and there's an ambulance behind blasting its horn at you, the correct thing to do is NOT to jump the red light (unless instructed by a police officer to do so).

In the situation you described, if you can let the ambulance pass while NOT committing a traffic offence, then great. Otherwise the ambulance will just have to wait patiently.

That's the law... of course people's instinct is to move out of the ambulance path, and that's fine, but that's not what the letter of the law says.

 

[PobodY]

The best thing to do is probably to simply stop. - The ambulance can find a way around you if they have to, and with any luck someone else will make room for them.

I'm not suggesting it's the case in this example, but a lot of people seem to panic when an emergency vehicle is near them on the road; much better to stay calm and make a predictable move to get out of their way.