In this situation, are you obliged to stop the tram before the conditional stop line?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo a tram is approaching a junction in front of a railway viaduct; a give-way line (linia warunkowego zatrzymania) made of rectangles is painted on the tram tracks, and the tram traffic lights show a white horizontal bar, although the cars next to the tram have green; pedestrians are crossing the junction. In this situation you are obliged to stop the tram before the give-way line - the answer is YES.
A horizontal bar on the tram traffic lights means no entry beyond the traffic lights, and the green light for cars does not apply to the tram. A give-way line made of rectangles shows the place where a vehicle stops, among other places before a light signal. So you stop the tram before this line, not on the crossing or beyond it, so as not to block the junction and not to put pedestrians in danger. You move off only when the vertical bar comes on and the pedestrians have left the tracks.
Legal basis: § 89 para. 3 and § 104 para. 1 point 3 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 5 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)