Traffic rules and right-of-way
What the exam tests
This domain tests your ability to apply North Macedonia’s priority rules at junctions, roundabouts, pedestrian crossings and lane changes, including situations that are easy to misjudge in a heavy Category C vehicle.
Core rules
- North Macedonia drives on the right. Keep to the rightmost lane unless overtaking, turning or lane signs direct otherwise.
- At an intersection with no signs or signals, give way to vehicles approaching from your right.
- At a roundabout, traffic already circulating has priority unless signs or signals say otherwise.
- Pedestrians on a marked zebra crossing have priority. When turning into a new road, give way to pedestrians crossing that road.
- Emergency vehicles using blue lights and sirens must be given a clear path, but do not create a new danger.
- Overtaking is forbidden at pedestrian crossings, on blind bends, at junctions and where the marking or sign prohibits it.
Worked example
A loaded C truck reaches an unmarked crossroads and intends to go straight. A car appears from the right. Because no sign gives the truck priority, the car goes first; the truck slows and stops if necessary. The truck’s size and the fact that its road looks wider do not change the rule.
Traps that cost marks
Assuming a wide or busy road is automatically the priority road; rolling through a stop sign instead of stopping; failing to yield to pedestrians when turning; overtaking a slow vehicle just before a crossing. Read the sign and the road marking together before deciding who goes first.
Key points
- Unmarked junction: yield to the right.
- Circulating traffic has priority in a roundabout unless signed otherwise.
- Pedestrians on a zebra crossing go first.
- Emergency vehicles get a safe clear path.
- Vehicle size never creates priority.