In this situation, does the tram driver have the right of passage over vehicles driving in the transverse road?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, we are driving a tram on tram tracks running along a street, we pass a stop, and before the junction with an intersecting road on the right, next to the roadway running alongside the tram tracks, there is sign D-1 "priority road" together with a pedestrian crossing sign. In this situation, the tram driver has right of way over vehicles travelling on the intersecting road - the answer is YES.
Sign D-1 means that the tram is travelling on a priority road, so drivers entering from the intersecting road must give way to it. However, right of way does not release you from the duty to exercise particular caution when approaching a junction. A driver on the minor road may misjudge the speed of the tram or stop on the tracks. A tram cannot go around an obstacle, so you watch the entrance of the intersecting road, and at the crossing you let the pedestrians who are on it go first.
Legal basis: Art. 5 para. 1 and Art. 25 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 43 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals