Does the signal of the policeman mean that you are obliged to turn right at the nearest intersection?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street through a district of detached houses, and a uniformed police officer with a stop disc is standing on the roadway, pointing with his hand to a place by the right-hand edge of the roadway. This signal does not mean that you have to turn right at the nearest junction. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that the stop disc is used to give a signal meaning an order to stop the vehicle, and the Road Traffic Act requires you to obey the instructions of persons authorised to carry out traffic checks. The police officer with the disc is not directing traffic at the junction; he is stopping you for a check, and with his hand he shows where you should stop - by the edge of the roadway, not in a side street. So you stop at that place, rather than driving on to the junction to turn.
Legal basis: § 109 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 5 para. 1 and Art. 6 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)