A moped and a bicycle approach a narrowing of the roadway from opposite directions. In the moped's direction there is an R-5 sign (Priority to oncoming traffic) and the bicycle has no sign. Which of the two vehicles has the right of way?

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Sign R-5 prohibits entering the narrowing as long as it is not possible to pass through it without forcing vehicles traveling in the opposite direction to stop. Therefore, the moped, which has the sign in its direction, must wait and the bicycle, which comes from the opposite direction, goes first. Saying that the first to arrive goes first is incorrect: that rule applies only when there are no signs, and here the sign decides the right of way. Nor does the moped go first because it is a motor-driven vehicle: in a signed narrowing the type of vehicle does not count, and the order of precedence in Article 62 of the General Traffic Regulations (where the two-wheeled moped and the bicycle are in the same group) applies only in the absence of signs.

A moped and a bicycle approach a narrowing of the roadway from opposite directions. In the moped's direction there is an R-5 sign (Priority to oncoming traffic) and the bicycle has no sign. Which of the two vehicles has the right of way?

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