In this situation, can you bypass the tram?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street on the tracks behind a tram, which stops at a stop without a traffic island; passengers are getting off onto the roadway and walking across the lane on the right-hand side of the tram to the pavement. In this situation you cannot go around the tram. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver, when a tram is entering a stop without a traffic island or 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. Going around the tram on the right would mean driving through the place where people are getting off. You stop behind the tram, without driving into the lane on its right, and move off only when all the passengers have left the roadway - even if the tram is still standing there.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)