Are you obliged to stop the vehicle in the presented situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along an avenue in autumn and approaching a pedestrian crossing with sign D-6, onto which a woman in a wheelchair is moving from the left. You are obliged to stop the vehicle and let her cross. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to reduce speed and give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it, 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 crossing the whole width of the roadway in a wheelchair takes longer than walking - you stop and wait patiently.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and 7 and Art. 2 point 18 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)