This animal has a livestock track (cañada). Must you give way to it?
A)Yes.Correct
B)No, because it is an animal.
C)Yes, because it is already crossing the road.
As a general rule, drivers have priority for their vehicles over animals, except in the following cases:
- On duly signposted livestock tracks (cañadas).
- When they are going to turn with their vehicle to enter another road and there are animals crossing it, even if there is no crossing for them.
- When the vehicle crosses a hard shoulder along which animals are travelling that do not have a livestock track. General livestock tracks or animal crossings will be signposted by means of additional panels with the inscription CAÑADA placed below the domestic animal crossing sign.
In the case of the question, it explicitly specifies that there is a livestock track, so the animal clearly has priority.
- When they are going to turn with their vehicle to enter another road and there are animals crossing it, even if there is no crossing for them.
- When the vehicle crosses a hard shoulder along which animals are travelling that do not have a livestock track. General livestock tracks or animal crossings will be signposted by means of additional panels with the inscription CAÑADA placed below the domestic animal crossing sign.
In the case of the question, it explicitly specifies that there is a livestock track, so the animal clearly has priority.