You intend to turn right into the gate. Are you obliged to yield the right of way to the pedestrian?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a brick building in a town and intend to turn right into a gateway; a pedestrian is standing on the pavement by the gateway. You are obliged to give way to them. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver who is crossing a footway (droga dla pieszych) to drive slowly and give way to pedestrians; the same obligation applies when turning into an intersecting road at a junction, towards a pedestrian crossing the roadway the driver is entering. The entrance to the gateway leads across the pavement, and the pavement is a footway - you are a guest on it, and the pedestrian is the host. Giving way means that you must not force them to stop, slow down or speed up; if they are walking along the building and will be in front of the gateway in a moment, you wait until they have passed, and if they are standing and letting you through, you drive in slowly, having made sure that they will not move. Before the turn you switch on your right indicator and move close to the right-hand edge of the roadway, and you cross the pavement at a speed that lets you stop immediately, because someone you cannot see may come out from behind the corner of the gateway.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 2 and 4 and Art. 2 point 23 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)