In this situation, are you obliged to stop moving to yield the right of way to a pedestrian entering the crossing?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a pedestrian crossing in a town, with a traffic island marked with sign C-9; from the right, a person in a wheelchair is entering the crossing and crossing your lane towards the island and the pavement on the left. You have to refrain from moving in order to give way to them. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or entering it, and it defines giving way as refraining from moving if the movement could force the pedestrian to stop, slow down or walk faster; in the case of a person with visibly reduced mobility, it also requires the driver to stop the vehicle to allow them to cross. A person in a wheelchair is a pedestrian - the Act directly counts a person moving in a wheelchair as a pedestrian - and this person is just entering the crossing from the right, so their way across the roadway is only beginning and will take longer than for a pedestrian on foot. You stop before the crossing and wait until they have crossed your lane and passed the traffic island.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and 7 and Art. 2 point 18 and 23 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals