In this situation, are you obliged to stop just before the pedestrian crossing?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a cobbled street in a town towards a junction; on the right there are signs D-6 "pedestrian crossing" and B-20 "STOP" with plate T-6c, and there is a crossing before the junction. You are not obliged to stop exactly before the pedestrian crossing. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign B-20 "STOP" means that you must not enter the junction without stopping before the priority road, and that you must give way; you should stop before the mandatory stop line P-12, and if there is none, at a place where the driver can make sure that they will not impede traffic on the priority road. So the stopping place is set by the line or by visibility onto the intersecting road, not by the pedestrian crossing. You stop before the crossing only when you need to give way to a pedestrian who is on it or stepping onto it - if there are no pedestrians, you drive slowly over the crossing and stop only where you can see the priority road. Sometimes you need to stop twice: before the crossing for a pedestrian, and then before the junction.
Legal basis: § 21 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)