In this situation, given the obligation to give way to vehicles on the right, must you stop before the STOP sign and then before the stop line?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are approaching a junction at dusk; on the right there is sign B-20 "STOP", and next to it signs B-25 and B-33 "40", and on the roadway before the junction there is a stop line; a car is approaching from the right. You do not have to stop twice - before the STOP sign and then before the line. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign B-20 "STOP" means a ban on entering the junction without stopping before the priority road, and an obligation to give way to drivers travelling on that road, and the stop should take place at the place marked for this purpose, and if there is none - at a place where the driver can make sure that he will not obstruct traffic on the priority road. The marked place is the mandatory stop line P-12 painted on the roadway - and it is before this line that you stop, once. The sign itself imposes the obligation to stop, and the line shows where; a second stop level with the sign makes no sense. So you stop before the line, check the road in both directions and give way to the car from the right.
Legal basis: § 21 para. 1 and 2 and § 89 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals