Are you obliged to exercise extreme caution in this situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video a moped is standing on the pavement next to a hedge and moves off, riding from the pavement onto the roadway, on which cars are driving. In this situation you are obliged to exercise particular caution - the answer is YES.
Entering the roadway from a footway (droga dla pieszych), that is from the pavement, and moving off after parking count as joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu). The Road Traffic Act requires a driver joining traffic to exercise particular caution and to give way to other vehicles and road users. Before moving off, you let pedestrians walking along the pavement pass, look in the mirror and over your shoulder, switch on your indicator, and enter the roadway only when you will not force approaching vehicles to brake or change their path. Cars driving on the roadway have right of way over you.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 point 3 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)