In this situation, are you allowed to enter beyond the traffic signal if you assess that you will not be able to leave the intersection before the end of the transmitted signal?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, a tram is waiting in front of a large junction, where pedestrians are walking across the crossing in front of the tram and cars are occupying the junction; the tram traffic lights show a vertical bar, which means permission to enter. You are not allowed to go beyond the traffic lights if you judge that you will not be able to leave the junction before the signal ends - the answer is NO.
The vertical bar allows the tram to go beyond the traffic lights, but the signal alone is not enough - the regulations state that it does not permit entry if, because of traffic conditions at the junction or beyond it, leaving the junction would not be possible before the permissive signal ends. It also does not permit entry when the tram's movement would make it difficult for pedestrians or cyclists to leave the roadway. A long tram left at the junction would block the cross traffic, so you wait until there is space beyond the junction.
Legal basis: § 104 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 25 para. 4 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)