You are joining the traffic after picking up a passenger. Do you have priority over the oncoming vehicle turning left into the parking space?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you have stopped in a car park in a housing estate to pick up a passenger who is walking towards you. When you move off after such a stop, you are joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu). A car is coming from the opposite direction and turning left into a parking space - it is already moving in traffic, and you are only returning to traffic, so you do not have right of way over it. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act treats starting to drive after parking or stopping that did not result from traffic conditions or traffic rules as joining traffic, and requires the driver joining traffic to exercise particular caution and give way to any other vehicle or road user. Picking up a passenger is stopping by your own choice, not because of a traffic jam or traffic lights, so before moving off you wait until the other driver finishes the manoeuvre.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)