In this situation, are you obliged to allow passengers to exit the tram that stopped at the tram stop?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a street in a town, with the tram tracks on the left and a tram that has stopped at a stop without a traffic island; cars are parked on the right. You are obliged to let passengers get off the tram. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver to exercise particular caution when passing a marked tram stop that is not next to the pavement; if the stop does not have a traffic island for passengers, and a tram is pulling into the stop or standing at it, the driver is required to stop the vehicle in such a place and for such a time as to let pedestrians walk freely to the tram or to the pavement. Passengers getting off the tram step straight onto the roadway you are driving on - if you drove past them, you would pass right next to the open doors and people with bags and pushchairs. So you stop behind the end of the tram or before the doors, in a place that does not force pedestrians to squeeze between vehicles, and you move off only when everyone has got on or reached the pavement and the tram doors have closed. The same rule applies to buses and other public transport vehicles.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)