Adjusted intersection: sign, rules, turns. Movement at an adjustable intersection

Failure to comply with traffic rules has taken many human lives in accidents. In order to avoid this, it is necessary to repeat them from time to time and monitor the changes that have been made. Often, traffic accidents happen at intersections. Someone has wrongly turned, someone did not pass on time, someone did not miss - and now as a result of an accident. The accident does not give anyone pleasure, so the passage of the crossroads must be known as a believing prayer.

First of all, when driving up to the intersection of roads, the driver determines whether it is a regulated intersection or not. And already proceeding from this, his subsequent actions are determined.

Adjusted intersection

The rules have a clear formulation of regulated and unregulated forks. Thus, a regulated intersection is the intersection of roads in which the sequence of traffic is established by means of a traffic light or an adjuster. In turn, an unregulated intersection is a fork in which there is no traffic controller and traffic light, or there is a traffic light with a yellow flashing signal. At this intersection of roads, the order of the journey is determined by signs, marking and traffic rules.

Now let us examine in more detail the situations that promise the passage of regulated intersections.

Signs at adjustable intersections

If there is a regulator or traffic light, the information from the signs placed at the crossroads is not taken into account. They are on the bands located at some distance from the intersection of roads.

It is worth noting that the traffic light, flashing yellow signal, is not a means of regulation, so this intersection is considered unregulated under the circumstances. The order of movement is determined by the established signs. At a traffic light working in an appropriate mode, it is not necessary to pay attention to signs.

Movement of cars

Movement at an adjustable intersection is determined by basic and additional traffic light signals or by the regulator, as well as information signs. Each driver clearly remembers that regularly working traffic lights function in the same mode. That is, if on the main road the main green signal is lit, then on the other - the prohibiting red signal.

The traffic controller at the intersection of roads determines the movement by gestures. At a certain confluence of conditions, the regulated intersection has a traffic light, and also a road service officer is on it. For this case, the rules are recommended to move in accordance with the gestures of the regulator, despite the signals.

Passage of the intersection with traffic lights

The traffic of adjustable intersections, on which there is a working traffic light, is determined purely by its signals. So, after approaching the intersection of the roads, you found that it is adjustable. That is, the sequence of motion is determined by means of a traffic light. It should work in red - yellow - green.

At the regulated intersection, there is no definition of the main or secondary road. Moving along the main road to the green traffic light is impossible.

First of all, when approaching an adjustable intersection, it is necessary to take the correct lane. To indicate the direction of a particular series at a significant distance from the intersection, a sign is established. An adjustable intersection driver has the right to drive strictly on a certain lane. The signs of the direction of the rows are arranged so that there is an opportunity to reorganize into the necessary ones. In the case where there is no sign, the driver of the vehicle, according to the Rules of the Road, must take the extreme right (left) position, depending on the direction of the traffic. So, there are several options for the development of events:

• Necessity to turn to the right. It is necessary to get up about fifty centimeters from the curb. Thus, single-track vehicles can not be squeezed to the right of you, that is, no one can prevent you from turning.
• Necessity to turn left. Your car should be stopped to the right of the strip, which divides your direction and the opposite. In the event that the dividing strip is not visible, for example, it is covered with snow, then it is necessary to stop to the right of the conditionally divided into two parts of the road. In the case of tram tracks, it is allowed to occupy them if they are passing along and, most importantly, if you do not obstruct the movement of the tram. When turning, you can take tram tracks.
• The need to move straight. In the absence of a sign indicating the direction of traffic on this strip, the car should be placed not in the middle, but on the right or on the left. Having installed your vehicle in the center, you will create a kind of "herringbone", that is, the driver behind you needs, for example, to the right, and the next to the left and so on, which will create congestion on the road.

Straight ahead

The traffic of an adjustable intersection is straightforwardly straightforward. Before the driver lights green traffic light, and he begins to move, not yielding to anyone, according to the Rules of the road. However, as you know, any rule has its exceptions.

Before the start of the movement, you should directly give way:

• Vehicles that have begun their maneuver and have not had time to finish before the signal prohibiting them.
• Vehicles with flashing beacons and sound signals.
• Tram. Due to the location of the tramways on the roadway, in some cases it will be necessary to wait until it makes a right turn. Accordingly, this applies to the counter-rail vehicles turning to the left.

Right turn

With right-hand traffic, turning to the right takes first place among the rest for safety, since it does not intersect with other transport directions (in some cases, only merging is possible). However, to the right, turns at regulated intersections have their own nuances.

Nuances:

• Pedestrians. Simultaneously with the permitting driver, the same signal for a pedestrian can also catch fire. Here the traffic rules say that a car must yield to a person. In these circumstances, the driver of a power-driven vehicle has no right to initiate, continue or resume a course, provided that it prevents the pedestrian from moving in the direction necessary to him or changing the speed. If the car does not interfere with its movement to the pedestrian and it moves at the same speed along the desired trajectory, the course of transport is allowed. If it does not work out, without damage to the pedestrian, the driver is obliged to miss the person. If necessary, stop the driver of the vehicle should not worry, because according to the SDA, he will in any case complete the turn, even if the prohibition signal lights up, since he started his maneuver with the authorization.
• Mechanical vehicles from the opposite direction, making a turn to the left. According to the Rules of the Road, the driver making the right turn has an advantage, therefore he starts the maneuver first.
• Turning radius. When making a maneuver, you must carefully monitor that when you leave the intersection, you are not on the opposite lane. This is quite easy to perform if the turn is not performed at high speed.

Left turn

The most difficult and dangerous for novice drivers is to turn left at an adjustable intersection. Nevertheless, having understood the rules, you will pass it with ease and tranquility.

First you determine who to skip. From the above situations, when moving right and right, we conclude that you are inferior to these areas. Also, do not forget about pedestrians, which you must pass through without fail.

The turn is made simultaneously with the counter flow, moving to the left. That is, during a maneuver, cars at the intersection "touch" the right sides. Thus, the capacity of the regulated intersection of roads increases. But it is worth noting that this has a negative impact on safety. Especially if in the middle of the road there were large vehicles that limit the survey and do not allow you to notice in time approaching and moving towards cars directly. In order not to become an activator of a traffic accident when turning left, it is necessary to remember the rules:

• We do not begin to move immediately after the permissive signal, but let us safely complete the maneuver remaining vehicles at the crossroads. Then start moving to the center of the intersection. After that, we pass cars from other directions. If there is no transport and your movement does not interfere with pedestrians, then the maneuver can be performed without stopping. To make it easier to move and determine where to stop for vehicles to pass, you need to draw a mentally straight line from the top left corner of the intersection of the roads to the lower right. And then go according to this diagonal.
• Control of the opposite direction and traffic light signals. Care must be taken during the stop at the center of the intersection. Sometimes the maneuver can end in the "break" of the oncoming flow. Or when the traffic lights begin to change, the counter stops driving, and you complete your traffic.
• Just like with the right turn, after the maneuver is completed, you need to be careful and not be on the opposite lane. Given this rule and in the presence of several bands in the passing direction, a turn is allowed to end in any. However, if there are several rows on the road from which you are allowed to turn left, it is advisable to move "from the strip to the strip." That is, if you started to move to the left of the first left band, then you should finish the turn in it. With such a move, you will not become the culprit of the accident at an adjustable intersection.

Spin

In general, according to the traffic rules, the rules of the turn at the adjustable intersection are similar to turning to the left, but there are small differences. So, when you change the direction of motion to the opposite you do not cross the path to pedestrians on your vehicle.

In the rules of the road it is not clearly stipulated which of the lanes to complete the turn. Therefore, if there is a choice, then choose the one that is most convenient for you. However, it is clearly stated that the turn at the adjustable intersection is carried out only from the leftmost band and no other.

Before a turn, it is necessary to skip vehicles that are moving from the opposite direction directly or to the right.

Passage of an adjustable intersection and tram

According to the Rules of the Road, passing a regulated intersection, which simultaneously lights the enabling signal for both your car and the tram, the latter has the advantage.

Exceptions:

• Departure from the tramway DEPO.
• A tram moving on an additional permissive signal.

In all other cases, regardless of the direction of movement, rail transport takes precedence over cars.

Transition

Man, making the transition of the regulated intersection, must follow the signals of the traffic controller, pedestrian traffic light, and in the absence of it - transport.

With pedestrian traffic lights, everything is clear: red - stand, green - go. The regulator, knowing that not all people are familiar with traffic rules, often makes a sign with his hand to the side. In this direction you can go to an adjustable intersection.

The rules do not contain clear information about how a person should navigate a traffic light. Therefore, in this situation everything remains at the discretion of the pedestrian. You can start movement when all lights red, or when the right signal lights up in the right direction. In any case, it is necessary to show extreme vigilance, since the transition to an automobile traffic light is a rather controversial situation.

How to pass through adjustable junctions during a traffic jam

Congestion on the roads is an unpleasant event. Each of the novice drivers is afraid to become its initiator. Therefore, do not proceed to the movement if you see that a traffic jam has formed behind the intersection and you will not have time to finish the maneuver when you go to the traffic signal allowing it, since, being in the center of the intersection of roads, you become an obstacle to the passage of other participants in the traffic. Start moving only after you see that there is enough space behind your intersection for your car.

Regulator signals

As mentioned earlier, the presence of a regulator indicates that the intersection is adjustable. Therefore, it is necessary to be guided exclusively by its signals.

Gestures of the regulator show the sequence of traffic. Some drivers do not understand these signals or can not remember. That's why there were such expressions: "if the stick looks into the mouth - do the right turn." If the stick looks to the left, you go like a queen. If the stick looks to the right, you have no right to go, if the back is standing, then do not move. " Remembering them will not be difficult, and understanding the regulator will become easier.

Help to the beginning driver

When driving straight, novice drivers sometimes create an emergency situation, starting to slow down sharply, seeing that on the right someone starts to go to allow an additional traffic signal. This is a gross mistake, because, being at a crossroads, and heading straight for the main traffic light, you have the advantage.

When turning to the right, after leaving the intersection, as already mentioned, you should be careful in choosing the band, because there is a possibility to be on the opposite side. Therefore, they came up with such an expression "from the extreme right to the extreme right." It's very easy to remember and execute.

When turning left, never lose sight of the opposite direction, especially when the signals of the traffic light have already changed to forbidding. Because there are rare cases of the appearance of "arriving" vehicles.