Priority roadIceland
6. Priority road
A priority road is a road whose traffic is given priority over traffic entering from intersecting roads. It is normally identified by a priority-road sign, while an end sign indicates where that continuing priority status stops.
Drivers on a priority road must still obey traffic lights, authorised officers, speed limits, crossings and turning rules. Having priority never allows a driver to proceed when doing so would create danger or block an intersection.
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How does priority-road status work in Iceland?
Iceland uses signed priority-road controls, known as aðalbraut. Read the priority and end indications together with the junction’s other controls; a road being busy does not substitute for those rules.
🔗 reglugerd.is • Regulation 250/2024 articles 10-11,27, signs 206,208,815; Act 77/2019 sections 7,26
How can you tell where a priority road applies in Iceland?
Read the priority-road sign, the corresponding end indication and any supplementary junction diagram. Distinguish a continuing road designation from a sign that regulates only one junction. If a diagram shows the priority route turning, follow that diagram rather than assuming the straight-ahead road has priority.
🔗 reglugerd.is • Regulation 250/2024 articles 10-11,27, signs 206,208,815; Act 77/2019 sections 7,26
Start of a priority road.
English • Traffic sign 206 • Priority road. Traffic on this road has priority over traffic from side roads.
Íslenska • Umferðarmerki 206 • Aðalbraut. Merki þetta gefur til kynna að umferð á vegi hafi forgang gagnvart umferð af hliðarvegum.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Reglugerd.is • Reglugerð nr. 250/2024 • 11. gr.
SVG source: Gigillo83, drawn by original of Umferðastrofa • Public domain • Original revision 2013-01-01. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the priority road.
English • Traffic sign 208 • End of priority road. The road no longer has special priority over traffic from side roads.
Íslenska • Umferðarmerki 208 • Aðalbraut endar. Merki þetta gefur til kynna að aðalbraut endi og umferð á vegi hafi ekki lengur sérstakan forgang gagnvart umferð af hliðarvegum.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Reglugerd.is • Reglugerð nr. 250/2024 • 11. gr.
SVG source: Gigillo83, drawn by original of Umferðastrofa • Public domain • Original revision 2013-01-01. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does having road priority let you ignore other controls in Iceland?
No. Obey the applicable traffic signals and authorised directions, speed limits and crossing rules. Turning or changing lanes can require yielding, and having priority never permits entering a conflict that cannot be crossed safely.
🔗 reglugerd.is • Regulation 250/2024 articles 10-11,27, signs 206,208,815; Act 77/2019 sections 7,26

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