In this situation, are you required to stop and wait until the pedestrian has completely crossed to the other side of the road?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are approaching a pedestrian crossing in town with a traffic island marked C-9 and D-6 signs with plate T-27 on a yellow background; a pedestrian in dark clothing has already crossed your half of the roadway and is standing on the island between the two halves, waiting to cross the other half. You are not obliged to stop and wait until they leave the crossing on the other half. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act states that if a pedestrian crossing is marked on a dual carriageway, the crossing on each roadway is considered a separate crossing, and this rule applies accordingly to a crossing at a place where vehicle traffic is separated by a traffic island or other devices on the roadway. So the island divides this crossing into two: a pedestrian who has stepped off your half onto the island is already outside your crossing, and what they do on the crossing beyond the island concerns drivers coming from the opposite direction - your crossing is empty. So you may drive on, exercising particular caution and watching whether someone else is stepping on from the right - T-27 warns that these may be children.
Legal basis: Art. 13 para. 8 and Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1, 4 and 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals