Are you obliged in this situation to obey the signal displayed by the presented person?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, on a road outside a built-up area, there is a roadworks worker in orange clothes with the words "Kierowanie ruchem" (traffic control), and he is raising a disc used to stop vehicles - a red circle with a white border; further on you can see traffic cones. You must follow his signal. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that instructions and signals may be given to road users by a person doing work on the road on behalf of or with the permission of the road authority, and every road user must follow them, even when the rules require different behaviour. The Regulation on road signs and signals says that the signal to stop is given with a disc in the shape of a red circle with a white border. You stop before the worker and wait for the signal to drive on.
Legal basis: Art. 5 para. 1 and Art. 6 para. 1 point 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 109 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals