Are you obliged to slow down in this situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, you are driving along a street in a housing estate, and at the right edge there is an orange school bus with its hazard warning lights on, with a board "Autobus szkolny" (school bus) and a symbol of children on its rear. Hazard warning lights switched on mean that children are getting on or off right now, so when approaching the place where it is stopped, you are obliged to reduce speed. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that a driver passing a school bus must exercise particular caution, and when approaching the place where it is stopped, must reduce speed and, if necessary, stop to allow the bus to enter the roadway if it signals this intention; when the bus driver gives a stop signal with the STOP board, you must stop. Children getting off the bus often run across the roadway in front of it or behind it, so you slow down to a speed from which you can stop immediately.
Legal basis: Art. 18a para. 1 and Art. 57a para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)