What are the rules at this intersection in Umhlanga?

[Magneto]

Some of you in Durban may know this intersection behind Gateway. Please tell me who has right of way in this scenario.

The driver who gets to the Stop sign first or the car driving from right to left and gets to the yield sign second.

 

[Arbee]

Yield sign has right of way, other 2 must stop.

 

[Xeqtr]

We drive BMW's we all have right of way hahahaha...

But on some real I must say that this intersection leaves so many people confuzzled. :flyfun:

 

[Magneto]

Who must they yield to then?

If that is the rule then the Stop guys could wait for quite a while?

 

[akash]

The Golf with the loudest exhaust has the right of way

 

[Magneto]

We drive BMW's we all have right of way hahahaha...

:roflol:

 

[MaX]

Yield sign means they need to yield to approaching traffic. If the car at the stop starts moving its got right of way. Approaching stop, yield got right of way.

 

[ChefDJ]

I remember that intersection. Also confused me, but think Arbee has it right.

 

[Magneto]

Yield sign means they need to yield to approaching traffic. If the car at the stop starts moving its got right of way. Approaching stop, yield got right of way.

Ok. This is what happened. I got to the Stop first. And as I was about to pull off an Audi got to the yield and failed to stop as if there was no yield, stop nothing. He got angry with me as I didn't give way to him.

 

[MaX]

He was wrong. A stop sign means you need to first stop and then yield before you go. A yield means you need to yield but do not need to stop. If you started moving already, he was in the wrong.

 

[Johnny8Bit]

Guys please don't forget that in South Africa the roads are painted by either the uneducated, or products of our education system, which is pretty much the same thing. You may be seeking meaning where there is none.

 

[cRed001]

Its Durban... Might is right. The car with the biggest engine has the right of way.

 

[Magneto]

He was wrong. A stop sign means you need to first stop and then yield before you go. A yield means you need to yield but do not need to stop. If you started moving already, he was in the wrong.

His argument was that I shouldn't have started moving until the traffic was completely clear.

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Guys please don't forget that in South Africa the roads are painted by either the uneducated, or products of our education system, which is pretty much the same thing. You may be seeking meaning where there is none.

After researching it further on the net, this seems like the best answer to me.

 

[MaX]

Nope, he is wrong, he shouldve yielded to moving traffic. At a yield, you need to slow down anyways and be prepared to stop. So if he was coming at you at 80kph he was being a doos anyways

 

[Arbee]

Who must they yield to then?

If that is the rule then the Stop guys could wait for quite a while?

Yield = Pause and check for clear way then go.

So in essence, if the at the yield, you pause making sure that the vehicles stop and then go.

 

[MaX]

Who must they yield to then?

If that is the rule then the Stop guys could wait for quite a while?

Yield = Pause and check for clear way then go.

So in essence, if the at the yield, you pause making sure that the vehicles stop and then go.

Correct, and if there are no approaching cars, yielding cars do not need to stop. Cars approaching from stop sides must stop. Think of how this works with a yield sign at a slip way with 4 way stops. Cars at the stop do not not go because of yielding cars.

 

[Rayzor]

Its treated as a 4 wway stop when its busy, if approaching from the right, you yield then move :thumbs:

 

[Drama]

You guys have it right.

If there were no cars on the yield side, you were right to drive off. After you drove off, if he approached from the yield side, he was supposed to YIELD. SMH!

BUT

That is Durban! What are road rules?!?!?!? :argh:

I grew up in Durban and never realized how kak many* people drove until I moved up to JHB and visited Durban. Daaaaaamn!!!

 

[Magneto]

Looking at all the different opinions, no wonder there was confusion at the intersection. Usually you would yield to traffic on your right. This is what you do when you reach one of the million traffic circles in the same area. In this case, the yield sign is pointless as there is never any traffic to your right.

It should be a Stop sign and first come first served so to speak. That would make perfect sense to me.

 

[Kish2604]

Some of you in Durban may know this intersection behind Gateway. Please tell me who has right of way in this scenario.

The driver who gets to the Stop sign first or the car driving from right to left and gets to the yield sign second.

i see my office in the distance....

seriously though, come though that intersection sideways and everyone stops...