Must you exercise extreme caution when performing this manoeuvre with a light quadricycle?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video we are reversing along the right edge of the roadway of a street with marked parking spaces; a passenger car is standing in the distance. While performing this manoeuvre with a light quadricycle, you must exercise particular caution - the answer is YES.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, when reversing, to give way to another vehicle or road user and to exercise particular caution. In particular, you must check that the manoeuvre will not endanger road safety or obstruct traffic, and make sure that there is no obstacle behind the vehicle. If it is difficult for the driver to make sure personally, the driver must get help from another person. Particular caution means increased attention and adapting your behaviour to the conditions so that you can react quickly enough. You reverse slowly and stop the manoeuvre as soon as a pedestrian or another vehicle comes near.
Legal basis: Art. 23 para. 1 point 3 and Art. 2 point 22 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)