Are you obliged to stop in this situation to enable the disabled person to cross the road?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a residential street and approaching a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6; from the right a man in a wheelchair is moving onto the zebra crossing. You are obliged to stop to let him cross. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act gives a pedestrian on a crossing right of way and tells the driver to reduce speed and give way to him, and for a person with visibly limited mobility crossing the roadway it directly requires the vehicle to stop. A person in a wheelchair is a pedestrian in the legal sense, and the wheelchair does not allow him to speed up or move back. You stop before the zebra crossing and wait until he reaches the other side.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and 7 and Art. 2 point 18 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)