A rail vehicle is emerging onto the road from a terminus. Are you obliged to yield the right of way?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street next to a tram turning loop; you pass sign A-21 "tram", and at the end of the video a tram comes out of the loop. A tram entering the roadway from a turning loop is joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu), and a vehicle joining traffic gives way to others. You do not have to give way to it. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act lists, among the cases of joining traffic, a rail vehicle entering the road from a depot or entering the roadway from a turning loop, and requires the vehicle joining traffic to give way. The general right of way of trams at junctions does not apply here. The tram driver should wait, but you should still be careful: a tram weighs several dozen tonnes and cannot brake suddenly.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 point 4 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 10 para. 3 of the Regulation on road signs and signals