In this situation, when turning left at the crossroads, do you have priority over vehicles approaching from the opposite direction?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video we are driving along a residential street towards a junction with sign D-1 "priority road" and plate T-6a showing that the priority road turns right. When turning left, you do not have right of way over vehicles approaching from the opposite direction - the answer is NO.
Plate T-6a under sign D-1 shows the actual course of the priority road through the junction. When turning left, you leave the priority road. Vehicles approaching from the opposite direction on the same priority road, which then bends to the right, have right of way over you under the rules of the Road Traffic Act: a driver turning left gives way to vehicles coming from the opposite direction going straight on or turning right. The plate only says where the priority road runs - it does not give right of way to everyone who was driving on it. Before turning, you stop if necessary and let the oncoming vehicles through.
Legal basis: § 43 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 25 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)