Can you drive through the pedestrian crossing in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you have stopped before a wide pedestrian crossing with traffic lights in a housing estate; first the lights show green and a man walks across the crossing, and at the end of the video the red light comes on and a woman runs across the crossing. In this situation you do not have the right to drive across the crossing. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that a red signal means a ban on entering beyond the traffic lights, and the Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a crossing to exercise particular caution and give way to a pedestrian on the crossing. Even if the light were green, a pedestrian already on the crossing must be able to reach the other side safely - a green light does not give you the right to drive into a person. You wait before the traffic lights until the green light comes on and the crossing is empty.
Legal basis: § 95 para. 1 point 3 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)