When you approach a place marked with this sign, are you obliged to exercise special caution?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a road through a town; on the right there is sign D-6b "pedestrian crossing and cycle crossing", and the crossing stripes are painted on the roadway. When approaching this place, you must exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to exercise particular caution, to reduce speed so as not to endanger a pedestrian, and to give way to a pedestrian on the crossing and to one stepping onto it; the same applies to a cycle crossing and a cyclist on the crossing. The Regulation on road signs and signals adds that before a place marked with sign D-6b you reduce speed so as not to endanger pedestrians or cyclists. You look to both sides of the road, because a cyclist approaches faster than a pedestrian, and you take your foot off the accelerator.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and Art. 27 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 3 and 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals