Should you exercise extreme caution when avoiding a vehicle parked on the lane you are driving?

In the video we are driving in the right lane of a wide street in the city centre, and ahead of us in our lane, at a stop, there is a bus; to continue, we must go around it by changing to the left lane. While passing a vehicle that is stationary in your lane, you should exercise particular caution - the answer is YES.

Here, going around the stationary bus requires changing lanes, and the Road Traffic Act allows you to change lanes only while exercising particular caution and after giving way to vehicles travelling in the lane you are moving into. When passing, you must also keep a safe distance from the vehicle you are passing and, if necessary, reduce speed. A bus at a stop is a place of particular risk: pedestrians may step out from in front of it, and the bus itself may move off and join traffic. That is why you check your mirror and blind spot, signal the manoeuvre and pass the bus at a moderate speed.

Legal basis: Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 and Art. 23 para. 1 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)