In this scenario, should you anticipate the possibility of the pedestrian entering the pedestrian crossing?

In the video, you are driving at dusk along a town street with tram tracks and approaching a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6; on the right, a man in a black T-shirt is walking quickly along the pavement towards the crossing. You should be prepared for him to step onto the crossing. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that when approaching a pedestrian 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 a pedestrian entering the crossing has right of way, the driver must anticipate that they will step onto it before it happens - otherwise the driver will not be able to give way in time. Particular caution means exactly increased attention and adjusting your behaviour so that you can react quickly enough. The man is walking briskly towards the crossing and does not look as if he intends to stop; at dusk, against the dark tenement buildings, he is hard to see. So you take your foot off the accelerator, keep your foot over the brake and are ready to stop before the crossing the moment he steps onto the roadway.

Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1, Art. 13 para. 1a and Art. 2 point 22 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 and 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals