You are driving a public transport bus outside the built-up area. Do you have priority in this situation when joining the traffic from the bus stop?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you can see from the bus cab how you drive into a lay-by at a stop and stop at the platform - after waiting there, you will drive out of it onto the roadway. Outside a built-up area you do not have right of way when joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu) from a bus stop - the answer is NO.
The Road Traffic Act requires other drivers to make it easier for a bus to join traffic from a marked stop only in a built-up area. Outside it, this exception does not apply and the general rule applies: a driver who is joining traffic, for example leaving a lay-by onto the roadway, must exercise particular caution and give way to vehicles driving on the roadway. Outside towns vehicles go fast, and a driver does not expect a bus to suddenly pull out right in front of his car. That is why you wait in the lay-by for a clear gap in traffic and move off only when you know that no one will have to brake hard.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 and 2 and Art. 18 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)