At a narrowing with no signed priority and no steep gradient, a lorry without a trailer meets a car without a trailer. It is unclear which entered first. Who has priority?

Correct answer

The lorry, under the applicable priority order.

The lorry. If the first vehicle to enter is known, article 60 gives it priority; when that is uncertain, article 62’s manoeuvring-difficulty order puts lorries before cars. This is not simply a rule that the largest vehicle always goes first. Reversing distance decides between vehicles of the same type or unlisted cases; steep gradients have the special rule in article 63.