In this situation, are you merging into traffic when you drive off the pavement?
Show the correct answer
Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, we are driving off the pavement, next to a post with sign D-1, onto a roadway along which cars are passing. In this situation, when driving off the pavement onto the roadway, you are joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu) - the answer is YES.
The Road Traffic Act lists the situations in which a driver joins traffic - these include entering the roadway from the shoulder, from a footway (droga dla pieszych), which includes a pavement, and from a lane for slow vehicles, and also, for example, leaving a property or moving off from a parking place. A driver joining traffic is obliged to exercise particular caution and give way to another vehicle or road user - including one approaching from the left. That is why, before driving off, you stop, look both ways and enter only when you will not force anyone to brake. Remember that riding a moped on the pavement is, as a rule, prohibited.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 point 3 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)