Are you allowed in this situation to stop your vehicle on the hard shoulder immediately behind this sign if it does not impede the movement of other vehicles?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo, on the right, there is sign A-6b "junction with a minor road on the right", and a solid edge line P-7b runs along the right edge of the roadway. Immediately beyond the sign, next to this line, you must not stop on the shoulder - even if it did not bother anyone. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits stopping on the shoulder next to a solid line marking the edge of the roadway, and the Regulation on road signs and signals adds that P-7b means a ban on driving onto the shoulder for motor vehicles. Sign A-6b changes nothing here - it only warns about a junction. The condition "if it does not impede traffic" relates to the general rules on stopping, but it does not cancel the clear bans in Article 49 of the Road Traffic Act.
Legal basis: Art. 49 para. 1 point 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 86 para. 8 and § 5 para. 2 point 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals