If you go straight, are you obliged to give the right of way to the cyclist?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street in a housing estate towards a junction marked with sign A-5 "crossroads" and you are going straight on, and a cyclist is coming from the right. Going straight on, you are required to give way to him. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a junction to exercise particular caution and to give way to a vehicle coming from the right; a bicycle is a vehicle, so the right-hand rule also covers the cyclist. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that A-5 warns of a junction where priority is not determined by signs. A cyclist is small and easy to miss in the sun, so before the junction you slow down, look to the right and let him pass before you drive on.
Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 1 and Art. 2 point 31 and 47 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 5 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals