Is it obligatory in this situation to decrease the speed of the vehicle in order to execute the passing manoeuvre safely?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street in the city centre; in the right lane in front of a pedestrian crossing there is a stationary lorry with a crane, and a pedestrian is walking across the crossing. If you want to pass the lorry safely using the left lane, you are obliged to reduce speed - and as long as the pedestrian is on the crossing, you must not pass it at all. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to keep a safe distance when passing a stationary vehicle and to reduce speed if necessary; before a pedestrian crossing it requires you to reduce speed so as not to endanger a pedestrian, and it prohibits passing a vehicle that has stopped to give way to a pedestrian. The lorry has stopped to let the pedestrian cross and it blocks your view of the crossing, so you slow down, stop behind it and wait until the pedestrian has left the roadway; only then do you slowly pass it using the left lane.
Legal basis: Art. 23 para. 1 point 2 and Art. 26 para. 1 and para. 3 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)