Does the flashing yellow signal indicate that the green signal is about to come on?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a wide street in town; traffic lights above the roadway show a flashing amber signal. The flashing amber signal does not mean that the green signal is about to come on. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that a flashing amber signal shown by traffic lights warns of a danger or an obstruction to traffic and requires you to exercise particular caution - and nothing more. It is not part of the green-amber-red cycle, it does not announce any other signal and it does not regulate right of way. The signal that announces green is a completely different one: red and amber shown at the same time, both steady. Flashing amber is switched on when the traffic lights are turned off (at night, in the event of a failure) or when the traffic lights are used only as a warning, for example before a pedestrian crossing, as here, or before a junction with limited visibility. At such a junction the normal rules apply: signs A-7, B-20, D-1, and when there are none - the right-hand rule. When you see flashing amber, you do not wait for green, because it will not come on; you slow down, look at the signs and the crossing, and drive through when you will not cut in front of anyone.
Legal basis: § 98 para. 6 and § 95 para. 1 point 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals