You intend to turn right. Do you have to signal your intention with a right turn signal?

In the video, you are approaching a junction with traffic lights in a town; directional traffic lights hang above the roadway, on the right there are traffic lights with a right arrow, and there are white-and-red barriers by the kerb. When you intend to turn right, you must signal this intention with your right indicator. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires the driver to signal in good time and clearly the intention to change direction or lane, and to stop signalling immediately after completing the manoeuvre. A right turn at a junction is a change of direction, so the indicator is compulsory - also when you are in a lane intended only for turning right or when directional traffic lights S-3 are showing a green arrow to the right. The arrow tells you that you are allowed to turn, not that everyone around knows you are going to: a pedestrian on the crossing round the corner, a cyclist on the cycle crossing and the driver behind you can recognise your intention only by the flashing light. You switch on your indicator at least several dozen metres before the junction, before you start braking, not at the moment of turning; at the same time you move close to the right-hand edge of the roadway and give way to pedestrians and cyclists whose path you cross.

Legal basis: Art. 22 para. 2 point 1 and para. 5, Art. 26 para. 2 and Art. 27 para. 1a of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 97 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals