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I assume it's the turn right on red that conflicts with the pedestrian green light

Although that's the same in Europe, if you turn right on green you usually have to be aware of a green pedestrian light that crosses the street you want to turn into.

The difference is that here in Austria walking is much more common and you usually get fined quickly if you take the right of way from a pedestrian

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The rule in Netherland is that traffic going straight ahead (including pedestrians) have right of way over traffic making a turn. So cars turning right on green have to stop for pedestrians crossing on green.

But Dutch traffic lights for cars also make clear whether or not this is an issue you need to watch out for; if the traffic light has an arrow pointing right, you're guaranteed to not be crossing pedestrians on green. If it's a solid circle, you need to watch out. My driving instructor paid a lot of attention to that.

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