Can you continue driving in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a pedestrian crossing in a town, with a traffic island marked with sign C-9; a person in a wheelchair is crossing. You cannot continue driving. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act states that when a person with a disability using a special sign, or a person with visibly reduced mobility, is crossing the roadway, the driver must stop the vehicle to allow them to cross; in addition, when approaching a crossing, the driver must give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing. The person in the wheelchair is on the crossing, so continuing to drive would mean failing to give way and breaking an explicitly stated duty to stop. You stop before the crossing - not on it - and wait until the person in the wheelchair has crossed your lane and is out of your path; you do not move off while they are still on the traffic island if the island does not completely separate them from your lane. You remember that others may be driving behind you: you brake smoothly and early so that no one runs into the back of your car, and if there is a second lane next to you, the driver in it also has to stop.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and 7 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals