In this situation, do you have to yield the right of way to the vehicle approaching from the left?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are leaving a petrol station onto a multi-lane street. Cars are coming from the left, including a red car that passes right in front of you. Leaving a roadside facility is joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu), and a driver joining traffic gives way to everyone. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act lists entering a road from a property, a roadside facility or an access road to it as joining traffic, and in that case requires you to exercise particular caution and give way to any other vehicle or road user. The right-hand rule does not apply here: you give way to everyone, including those coming from the left and pedestrians on the pavement that you cross.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)