Can you stop in the spot designated as a stop area (a zigzag line)?

In the photo you are travelling in the right lane of a town street; a zigzag bus stop line P-17 is painted along the right edge of the roadway, and on the pavement there is a post with bus stop sign D-15. In the area marked by the bus stop line you cannot stop to answer the phone. The answer is: no.

The Regulation on road signs and signals states that marking P-17 "bus stop line" marks the place of a stop on the roadway and means that the ban on stopping for other vehicles at the stop applies along the whole length of the line. Independently of this, the Road Traffic Act prohibits stopping a vehicle less than 15 m from the post or board marking a stop. So the zigzag is a clear signal: this place belongs to the bus, which must pull in right next to the kerb so that passengers can get on safely. A motorcycle stopped in this place would force the bus to stop in the traffic lane. You can answer the phone only after stopping at a place where this is allowed - while riding you must not use a hand-held phone, but the solution is a headset in your helmet, not stopping at a bus stop.

Legal basis: § 90 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 49 para. 1 point 9 and Art. 45 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)