Does this horizontal sign indicate the place to stop only in the situation when there is a vehicle approaching on the transverse road?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a city street towards a junction; before it, on the right, there are signs B-20 "STOP" and B-21, and a solid line is painted across the roadway - mandatory stop line P-12. This line always marks the place to stop, not only when a vehicle is approaching on the intersecting road. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that marking P-12 indicates the place where the vehicle stops in connection with sign B-20, and B-20 means that you must not enter the junction without stopping before the priority road. The stop is mandatory: you stop before the line even when the intersecting road seems empty. A conditional stop, only when necessary, is marked by a different line - the give-way line P-13 (linia warunkowego zatrzymania), made of triangles, used with sign A-7.
Legal basis: § 89 para. 1 and 2 and § 21 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals