If you go straight, should you give the right of way to a vehicle approaching from the left?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a junction of streets in a housing estate where priority is not determined by signs, and you are going straight on, and a dark car and a white minibus are coming from the left. Going straight on, you are not required to give way to them. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a junction to give way to a vehicle coming from the right; vehicles from the left must give way to you, because for them you are coming from the right. When there are no signs or traffic lights at a junction, this simple right-hand rule applies. You have right of way, but you exercise particular caution: you slow down and check whether the drivers on the left are actually stopping, because right of way does not protect you from a collision.
Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 1 and Art. 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)