In this situation, when turning right at the intersection, are you obliged to yield priority to vehicles approaching from the left?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video we are driving along a narrow street between buildings and parked cars towards a junction with signs A-5 "crossroads" and D-6 "pedestrian crossing" in front of it. When you turn right there, you are not obliged to give way to vehicles approaching from the left - the answer is NO.
Sign A-5 warns of a junction where priority is not set by signs, so the right-hand rule applies. A vehicle approaching from the left has you on its right, so it is that vehicle that must give way to you. When turning right, however, you let through pedestrians crossing the roadway of the road you are entering, and possibly a vehicle from the right if its path crossed yours. Right of way does not free you from caution: drivers in housing estates do not always remember the right-hand rule, and in the video a car from the opposite direction also drives through the junction. You slow down, watch the left side and are ready to stop.
Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 1 and Art. 26 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 5 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals