Do you have to be extra careful when approaching a junction from a priority road?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, in winter, you are driving along a street in a town; on the right there is sign D-1 "priority road" with plate T-6a showing the layout of the priority road through the junction. When approaching this junction, you must exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that a driver approaching a junction must exercise particular caution - and this duty does not depend on whether you have right of way. Sign D-1 releases you from giving way to vehicles from minor roads, but it does not release you from careful observation: a driver from a side street may not notice sign A-7, may skid on the snow or may misjudge your speed, and the principle of limited trust tells you to take this into account when something indicates it. Particular caution means increasing attention and adapting behaviour to the conditions - here, winter conditions - so that you can react sufficiently quickly. In practice, you take your foot off the accelerator, look into the side streets and are ready to brake, even if formally everyone should let you through.
Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 1, Art. 2 point 22 and Art. 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 43 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals