前方の道路が優先道路である

English translation: Vehicles in the road ahead (in front) have the right of way

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Japanese term or phrase:	前方の道路が優先道路である
English translation:	Vehicles in the road ahead (in front) have the right of way
Entered by:	conejo

20:25 Jan 21, 2007

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Japanese term or phrase: 前方の道路が優先道路である

右図は、前方の道路が優先道路であることを表している。
There is a picture to the right that is blue and has a white sort of down-arrow in this style >
except the point is down.

What do they mean by 前方の道路が優先道路である?

I have seen in ALC stuff like 優先道路=preferred road, through street, priority road, etc. but that doesn't make much sense to me in this context. What do they actually mean by this?

Thanks.

conejo KudoZ activity Questions: 724 (1 open) (24 closed without grading) Answers: 286 United States
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Vehicles in the road ahead (in front) have the right of way

Explanation:
I think this is talking about "right of way" which is a traffic law which determines which vehicles have the right (are allowed to) go first at intersections etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic#Priority_.28right_of_wa...

Selected response from:

Yo Mizuno
Japan
Local time: 09:15

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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

Vehicles in the road ahead (in front) have the right of way

Yo Mizuno

the road ahead takes precedence

humbird

3 +1

you have to give way to vehicles in the road ahead

Kaysha Valen (X)

2 +1

YIELD or GIVE WAY

ishigami

Discussion entries: 1

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2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

YIELD or GIVE WAY

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_sign

ishigami
Local time: 08:15
Native speaker of:

Japanese

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Vehicles in the road ahead (in front) have the right of way

Yo Mizuno
Japan
Local time: 09:15
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks!

4 hrs confidence:

the road ahead takes precedence

Explanation:
The down-arrow points to the road ahead, whose traffic has pririty rights over traffic on other roads.
That is my understanding.

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English
PRO pts in category: 40

19 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

you have to give way to vehicles in the road ahead

Explanation:
the road ahead has priority so other vehicles have to give way to vehicles on that road (ahead)

that's what it means though I think others may have more suitable phrasings as a translation

Kaysha Valen (X)
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English

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