In this situation, do you have the right of way over the pedestrian?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving in a right-turn lane behind a red delivery van, next to a bus in the neighbouring lane, and you are turning into a street with a pedestrian crossing; the traffic lights show green, and an elderly person leaning on a walking stick is walking across the crossing, over the stripes in your path. In this situation you do not have right of way over the pedestrian. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act states that a driver turning into an intersecting road gives way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway of the road the driver is entering, and if a person with visibly limited mobility is crossing, the driver stops the vehicle to let that person cross; the Regulation on road signs and signals adds that the green signal does not permit entry when the movement of the vehicle would make it difficult for pedestrians to leave the roadway. The elderly person with a walking stick walks slowly and will not jump out of the way, so you stop before the crossing and wait until they reach the pavement.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1, 2 and 7 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 95 para. 2 point 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals