Sign "Main road": direction and zone of action

In today's article we will discuss the sign "Main Road" (2.1), which involves many questions both for beginners and for motorists who have a decent driving experience. As a rule, the most difficult thing for them is to understand exactly how the given sign operates in places where the road changes its direction, and also determines where the zone of its operation ceases. These and some other topics related to the aforementioned sign, we will consider in more detail.

Which section of the road is marked with the sign 2.1

The sign "Main road" refers to those that denote priority. It is installed on a road that has an advantage over the road that crosses it. And they do this, as a rule, in places where the intersection is not regulated, or there is an entrance from such a section of the road to the intersection.

In other words, the sign described determines the order of the crossing through an unregulated intersection (by the way, the traffic light and the regulator cancel the action of this sign). A sign (8.13) indicating the direction of the main road in addition can also be installed below it, and this must be taken into account for setting the sequence of crossing the intersection.

What does the sign signifying the main road look like?

The road, the movement along which it is necessary to yield, is indicated by a sign in the form of a yellow diamond, which is in a white frame. The sign "Main Road" has such a shape for a reason, it does not have an analogue, so the sign is easy to detect at any part of the intersection, even on the back side. And this will help the driver correctly determine the order of the trip through a complex section of the road.

For greater safety, drivers with experience are advised to drive up to the intersection, slow down and carefully consider its right-hand corner. If there is no sign, look at the left corner, which is located closer to the traveler, and then to the next one. This will help you to accurately navigate and understand if you should give way.

How can you determine which of the main roads, if the sign is not installed

In each locality the sign "Main road", the photo of which you can see in this article, is set before the crossroads. But let's also specify how to determine the main road, if this sign does not exist?

In such cases, you will help out both the road surface and the location of the adjacent roads. The status of the main will receive only one where there is a firm covering in relation to the ground, or one to which departures from nearby territories adjoin.

By the way, keep in mind that even if on the secondary road, on the site adjacent to the intersection, there is a cover, it still does not become equal in value to the one that crosses it.

Place of installation of the mark

The road sign "Main road" is located taking into account the distance to the place where it starts. That is, this sign can be installed right before the intersection, to which this restriction will be applied.

Before all intersections the described priority sign is repeated. This precaution is necessary in connection with the peculiarities of the signs of "Give way" (2.4), "Intersection ..." (2.3.1) or "Adjacent secondary road" (2.3.2 - 2.3.7), installed before leaving from adjacent side streets. All the above signs do not inform you that the main road to be crossed, but only requires you to cede the passage with a stop or without it. In order to supplement the information, the symbol 2.1 is duplicated.

By the way, instead of once again repeated the sign "Main road", sometimes one of the varieties of the sign "Adjunction to the main road" is also used. But given that it is installed not just in front of the crossroads, but at a distance from it - it is quite difficult to do in urban conditions. Therefore, this combination is used more often not in populated areas, but behind them.

Zone of action of the sign "Main road"

In populated areas, by the way, duplication of this sign is required before each intersection also because in fact it does not have any coverage area, except for the installation site, because it prompts priorities only at the intersection where it is located.

If the sign is installed at the beginning of the road (namely at the intersection), then its action is extended to the entire section of the road. And there, where the road ceases to be the main one, the sign 2.2 is established, which says about it. By the way, remember that this sign does not immediately turn the road into a secondary road, it makes it clear that there is an intersection of equivalent roads in front of you.

How does the sign "The main road change direction"

If there is no sign under the sign, it means that the priority road is moving straight. In cases of changing its direction, an additional sign is established.

As confirmed and experienced drivers, the most difficult to plan their actions at those intersections, where the main road is changing direction. Such a section of roads combines problems of two types: the intersection of equivalent and unequal intersections. And the main mistake of motorists in such cases is that they take into account only those signs that they see without thinking about the other corners of the given intersection (this we mentioned above).

Imagine the case when you are at the intersection with the changing direction of the priority road. And you, and the driver, standing, for example, on the right before the intersection, you see the same sign "Main road", giving the advantage in motion! And this is found, as a rule, only afterwards, after the accident! So how do you act in such conditions correctly?

Algorithm of the action of the driver in case of a change in the direction of the priority road at the crossroads

• Being at this intersection, do not forget to think about all its sides and be sure to take into account the plate 8.13, which will show the direction of the main road.
• This sign you can mentally put on the center of the intersection, and then a wide line will show the main road, and two narrow ones - secondary.
• Temporarily striking out of consciousness secondary, you must remember the main site. Then both you and the driver that is on the other half of the main road should act according to the rule "Interference on the right".
• Naturally, the first to move is the one who has such a hindrance.
• And only after the cars from the main section have disbanded, traffic follows the same pattern on secondary roads.

Note that in this way a difficult intersection can be divided into two symmetrical and easy-to-travel halves.

Violation of the mark

Remember also that if a driver violates the requirements of a road sign, namely, if the priority is not given to a car at a crossroads, such actions are qualified in accordance with Article 12.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and punished with a fine of 1,000 rubles. And in the case of travel where, without stopping, he was banned, the driver is punished under Art. 12.16 The AP of the RF is warned, or fined for 500 rubles.

Get yourself a table of fines traffic police, which will give you the opportunity to navigate the degree of punishment for any violation of the rules.

Council for those who enter the intersection on the road, considered the main

And finally, I want to inspire those who drove up to the intersection, passing the sign "Main road": note that drivers who are at this moment on a secondary road, do not remember the rules of the road!

Do not forget about it for a minute and do not try to cross the intersection at once. First stop and make sure that you are inferior, and only after understanding this, continue to move. Only such an attitude towards the road will make your way safe, and you will successfully and without adventure get to where you hastened.