In this situation, when making a left turn, you have to give way to

Explanation

To neither; at this junction priority is yours.

The yellow diamond on the right says your road is the priority road, and the supplementary plate beneath it shows the map of the junction: the thick line comes up from below — that is, the very path you are on — and turns to the left. So the priority road changes direction at this junction, and by turning left you stay on the priority road.

The white-and-red bus is on the right-hand arm; on the supplementary plate that arm is drawn with a thin line, that is, it is the minor road and its driver is obliged to give way to you. The dark car on the left is on the priority road, but when the priority road changes direction within a junction, priority-road drivers act towards one another according to the rules for a junction of equal-status roads; that is, "priority to the right". That car is on your left, so it must wait.

The safety reason for this supplementary plate is exactly that you should know where the priority road goes before you reach the junction line; hesitation in the middle of a junction is precisely the moment when a side impact occurs. The exam trap is clear too: the eye falls first on the big bus and the mind says "give way". The criterion is not the size of a vehicle; read the supplementary plate first, then decide.

• The passenger car really is on the priority road and that is what makes it misleading, but it is on your left, and by the right-hand rule it must give way to you. • The bus is near and large, but it is on the minor arm of the junction; a minor road has no priority whatever against a priority road.

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