In this situation, can you start driving?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you have stopped on a street with tram tracks on the left, next to a tram stop without a traffic island; the tram is standing at the stop with its doors open, and passengers are getting off and walking across your lane to the pavement. In this situation you do not have the right to start driving. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver to exercise particular caution when driving past a tram stop that is not next to the pavement, and if the stop has no traffic island and a tram is standing at it - to stop the vehicle in such a place and for such a time as to allow pedestrians to walk freely to the tram or to the pavement. As long as passengers are getting off and on, your lane is their walkway. You wait with your foot on the brake and move off only when everyone has left the roadway, not when the tram closes its doors.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)