You intend to go straight across the intersection. Are you obliged to use the left indicator?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you approach a junction with sign D-1 "priority road" and plate T-6a in front of it - the thick line turns right. You intend to go straight on, which means leaving the priority road and entering the minor road. Going straight on is not a change of direction, so you do not switch on the left indicator. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to signal with an indicator the intention to change direction or lane. The indicator describes the movement of your car, not the course of the priority road - when you go straight on, you do not turn, so you do not signal. Remember, however, that when leaving the priority road, you give way to vehicles approaching along it from the right, including those that turn left from it into your roadway.
Legal basis: Art. 22 para. 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 43 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals