Priority over oncoming traffic

Priority signsSign no. 3.10OSR art. 42

What the sign says

Blue square, white arrow up, red arrow down: in the narrow section ahead, you go first.

The exam trap

Priority does not excuse you from stopping if a vehicle is already in the section: you never force a crossing that has begun.

Do not confuse

Give way to oncoming trafficOSR art. 42
Road narrowsOSR art. 7
Priority roadOSR art. 37

Study topic

Right of way and junctions

Practise this topic All signs

The signs are the official depictions by the Federal Roads Office, from the annexes of the Signalling Ordinance (SR 741.21): official works, unprotected under Art. 5 of the Copyright Act. The explanations, by contrast, are written from federal law — never taken from a third-party catalogue.