May any vehicle stop in a lay-by marked in this way in order to drop off a passenger?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo at the right edge of the roadway there is a lay-by with a shelter and sign D-15 "bus stop", and a woman passenger is waiting in it. In a lay-by marked like this you cannot stop a passenger car, even for a moment, to drop off a passenger. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits stopping a vehicle less than 15 m from the post or board that marks a stop, and at a stop with a lay-by - along its whole length. The Regulation on road signs and signals says that sign D-15 marks the place where buses on regular routes stop. A car in the lay-by forces the bus to stop on the roadway and the passengers to get on between cars. You drop off your passenger before the lay-by or after it, outside the 15-metre zone.
Legal basis: Art. 49 para. 1 point 9 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 51 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals