If you go straight at this intersection, should you give the right of way to a vehicle approaching from the left?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a street in a town and approaching a junction; before it, on the right, there is sign A-5 "crossroads"; on the left, at the entry of the intersecting road, a blue car is waiting. Going straight on, you are not required to give way to it. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign A-5 warns of a junction of roads where priority is not determined by signs, and the Road Traffic Act then requires you to give way to a vehicle coming from the right. The vehicle from the left gives way to you. However, sign A-5 is a warning, so despite having right of way you take your foot off the accelerator and look to the left to see whether the driver of the blue car is waiting, and to the right - to see whether anyone is coming from that side, because you would have to give way to them.
Legal basis: § 5 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 25 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)