In this situation, are you obliged to yield the right of way to vehicles travelling on the transverse road?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video we are driving a tram along the tram tracks towards a roadway that the tracks cross; next to the track there is sign A-7 "give way". In this situation you have to give way to vehicles travelling on the intersecting road - the answer is YES.
Sign A-7 also applies to the tram driver and takes precedence over the general rule that a rail vehicle has right of way over other vehicles. So you must let through the cars travelling on the intersecting road. You slow down before the roadway, and when vehicles are coming, you stop the tram and wait until they have passed. Giving way means that you do not force drivers on the intersecting road to change direction or lane or to change their speed significantly.
Legal basis: Art. 5 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 5 para. 5-6 of the Regulation on road signs and signals