When turning right, are you obliged to make sure that no rail vehicle is approaching?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo we are waiting in the right lane with an arrow for going straight on and turning right, before a junction with tram tracks; the traffic lights are showing a green signal for us, and by the tracks, on the road into which we are turning right, there is sign A-7 "give way". When turning right, you are obliged to make sure that no rail vehicle is approaching - the answer is YES.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to exercise particular caution when crossing tram tracks and, before entering them, to make sure that no rail vehicle is approaching - the rules on level crossings apply here accordingly. When you turn right, you cross the tram tracks, and sign A-7 before the tracks means that you must give way to the tram. A green light for you does not guarantee that the tram will stop - it may have its own signal. Before you enter the tracks, you look both ways along the tram tracks and let pedestrians on the crossing go first.
Legal basis: Art. 28 para. 1 and 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 5 para. 5 and 6 of the Regulation on road signs and signals