In this scenario, are you required to yield to a pedestrian who is about to step onto the pedestrian crossing?

In the video, you are driving along a residential street and approaching a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6; from the right, a man in a dark T-shirt is stepping onto the crossing. You are obliged to give way to him. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that a pedestrian entering a pedestrian crossing has right of way over a vehicle, except a tram, and that when approaching a crossing, the driver of a vehicle is obliged to exercise particular caution, to reduce speed so as not to endanger a pedestrian who is on the crossing or entering it, and to give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or entering it. Since 2021, right of way belongs not only to a pedestrian who is already on the crossing but also to one who is stepping onto it - the man in the video is just putting his foot on the crossing, so from that moment it is you who must adapt. You slow down in good time and stop before the crossing, without forcing him to stop or speed up; you move off when he has crossed your lane and is moving away. Remember: the Act does not require the pedestrian to "show their intention" - it is enough that they are stepping onto the crossing.

Legal basis: Art. 13 para. 1a and Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 and 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals