Are you allowed to stop your vehicle on this hard shoulder?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving on a dual carriageway that is part of route S7, as shown by the green board typical of expressways; on the right there is a paved hard shoulder separated by a solid edge line P-7b. Stopping a vehicle that does not result from traffic conditions or traffic rules is forbidden on such a shoulder. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act forbids stopping a vehicle on the shoulder next to a solid edge line, and the Regulation on road signs and signals says that line P-7b means that a motor vehicle must not enter the shoulder. On a motorway and an expressway, stopping and parking outside a designated place are also forbidden; the exception is when the vehicle is immobilised for technical reasons, when the driver must remove the vehicle from the roadway and warn others. Stopping by choice, even for a minute, is forbidden - even pulling over to answer the phone requires driving on to a rest area (MOP).
Legal basis: Art. 49 para. 1 point 5 and para. 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 86 para. 8 of the Regulation on road signs and signals