The red car will drive through the intersection:

Explanation

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The light is green for both directions of this road. The red car has switched on both its left indicators, that is, it intends to turn left; the tram on its left is going straight on the rails, the blue car is going straight in the right-hand lane, and the green and yellow cars are coming straight from the opposite direction. With this arrangement, the red car is the last vehicle to pass through the junction.

The reason is that a left turn cuts across all the other paths, and a driver turning left must give way to three groups: to the tram, because in equal conditions a rail vehicle takes precedence and the turning path crosses the rails; and to the green and yellow cars, because an oncoming vehicle going straight takes precedence over one turning left. The blue car, going straight in its own lane, does not stop at all and passes without any conflict.

The safety logic is clear: a car turning left has reduced its speed and is exposed in the middle of the junction to a side impact from the oncoming traffic, and a tram can neither turn nor stop quickly. So the burden of waiting is placed on the one turning. Common trap: imagining that a green light means priority; green is only permission to enter the junction.

• The red car is turning left and must give way to the tram and to the oncoming traffic; there is no scenario in which it goes first. • "Second" would be right only if a single vehicle took precedence over it, whereas the tram and both oncoming cars pass before it. • "Third" still leaves one vehicle out; the tram, the green car and the yellow car — all three — pass through the junction before the red car.

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