In this situation, would it be safer to wait for the pedestrian on the scooter to move away before parking your vehicle?

In the video, you are driving slowly through a car park alongside parked cars; in front of you, on the right-hand side, a man is walking and pushing an electric scooter. If you want to park, for safety it is best to wait until he has moved away. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that a person pushing an electric scooter is a pedestrian, and that on a square where, because the roadway and footways are not separated, pedestrians and vehicles use the same surface, the driver drives slowly and gives way to pedestrians; the general rule requires you to avoid any action that could endanger road safety. Parking is a manoeuvre that requires turning, often reversing and looking in the mirrors - during this time a pedestrian walking right next to you disappears from your field of view, and the scooter he is pushing sticks out to the side and may be caught. Waiting a few seconds until the man has moved away costs nothing and removes the risk. When the pedestrian is outside the manoeuvring area, you park, still watching your surroundings, because in a car park someone else may appear at any moment - a child or a person coming out from behind a car.

Legal basis: Art. 2 point 18, Art. 26 para. 5 and Art. 3 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)