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Question no. 6120 3 pts basic BAA1A2AMB1CC1DD1T

In this situation, can you drive past the traffic lights, if stopping in front of the lights would require rapid braking?

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Correct answer

YES

Explanation

In the video you are approaching a junction with traffic lights, beyond which there is a pedestrian crossing and a roundabout; the traffic lights show green, and when you are just before the crossing, the amber light comes on. In this situation you may drive past the traffic lights if stopping would require rapid braking. The answer is: yes.

The Regulation on road signs and signals states that the amber signal means that driving past the traffic lights is prohibited, unless at the moment it comes on the vehicle is so close to the traffic lights that it cannot be stopped before them without rapid braking; this signal also means that the red light will come on in a moment. Rapid braking in the middle of traffic creates a risk of being hit from behind and of losing control of the car, so the rule allows you to complete your passage. You do not confuse this with speeding up on amber - if you can stop safely, you stop.

Legal basis: § 95 para. 1 point 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 19 para. 2 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)

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