In this situation, are you obliged to give the right of way to a tractor?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
On the shoulder on the right there is an agricultural tractor standing at an angle to the roadway, and a lorry is coming from the opposite direction. If the tractor does not move off, you simply go around it; if it starts to drive onto the roadway, it is joining traffic from the shoulder and it gives way to you. In neither case are you required to give way to it. Your task is to go around the tractor safely and to pass the oncoming lorry, slowing down if necessary.
According to the Road Traffic Act, giving way means refraining from moving if the movement could force another driver to change direction or lane or to change speed significantly - a stationary vehicle is not forced to do anything. When going around the tractor, you keep a safe distance from it, and when passing the oncoming lorry, a safe distance from the lorry. Driving onto the roadway from the shoulder is joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu), and a driver joining traffic gives way to everyone on the road.
Legal basis: Art. 2 point 23, Art. 23 para. 1 point 1 and 2 and Art. 17 para. 1 point 3 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)