Are you obliged in this situation to give way to the tram whose driver signals the intention to turn left?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are going straight on along a priority road through a junction with traffic lights, on a green light; tram tracks run along the right side of the roadway, and a tram on them is turning left, across your path, signalling this intention. At a junction where traffic is controlled by light signals, a turning tram gives way to vehicles going straight on, so you do not have to give way to it. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that the driver of a rail vehicle turning at a junction where traffic is controlled by light signals may leave the junction on condition that they give way to road users going straight on. This is an exception to the general rule that a tram has right of way regardless of the side from which it approaches. You go straight on, but you watch the tram driver - a tram needs many metres to stop.
Legal basis: § 95 para. 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 25 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)