When entering the roadway in the presented situation should you exercise particular caution?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a narrow road next to a railway line fence, moving on the shoulder on the right side, and you intend to enter the roadway. Entering the roadway from the shoulder is joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu), so you must exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act counts entering the roadway from the shoulder, from a footway (droga dla pieszych) or from a lane for slow vehicles as joining traffic, and it requires the driver joining traffic to exercise particular caution and give way to other vehicles or road users. You check the mirror and the blind spot, signal with the indicator and enter the roadway at a small angle when nothing is coming from behind or from the opposite direction.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 point 3 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)