In this situation, are the traffic lights more important than the road signs?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a junction in town; before it, on the right, there is sign B-20 "STOP", and below it two sets of traffic lights show green. In this situation the light signals are more important than the road signs. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that light signals take precedence over road signs that regulate right of way, and sign B-20 is exactly such a sign. When the traffic lights are working, the STOP sign is, as it were, asleep: on green you drive through without stopping, on red you wait. The sign starts to apply only when the traffic lights are switched off or show a flashing amber signal - then you stop and give way to vehicles on the intersecting road. The order is always the same: instructions of a police officer, then light signals, then signs, and finally the general rules.
Legal basis: Art. 5 para. 1-3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 21 para. 1 and § 95 para. 1 point 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals