Today has ushered in the use of Box Junctions Kampala road crossroads with traffic lights. The Kabira country club and Kira road traffic lights now have these box junctions. But what are they? They are basically road traffic control measure designed to prevent congestion and gridlock at junctions.
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The rule is simple, you must not enter the junction until your exit road or lane is clear, unless you are going right. This applies even when the lights are green. This is to prevent blocking the junction.
Understanding correctly how to use a yellow box junction and its rules is important as they are designed to keep traffic flowing. Blocking a box junction can result in a penalty as certain junctions use detection cameras for such purposes, and of course, inappropriate use of a yellow box junction will fail a driving test.
The yellow box junction must not be entered unless your exit road is clear. If you do stop in a yellow box junction and your exit is not clear, you are committing a road traffic offense as you will prevent other vehicles from making progress and bring the entire junction to a standstill.
If entering a box junction during your driving test when the exit is not clear, this will be an instant test failure. Other than failing the test and making other motorists angry, it is also illegal. Please don’t be caught in that junction, as the traffic police are going to be waiting
