If you stop a car on a sidewalk, do you have to allow a 1.5 m wide passage for pedestrians?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo a passenger car is standing with its front on the pavement next to a street in a town, and a woman is walking along the pavement next to it. When stopping a vehicle on the pavement, you must leave pedestrians a passage at least 1.5 m wide. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act allows a car with a maximum permissible mass of up to 2.5 t to stop or park on a footway (droga dla pieszych) with the wheels on one side or with the front axle, on condition that stopping or parking is not prohibited on that section, the width of the pavement left for pedestrians is not less than 1.5 m and this does not obstruct their movement, and the vehicle does not block traffic on the roadway. One and a half metres is enough for two people to pass each other or for a pram or a wheelchair to get through. When parking, you estimate this by eye from the car to the fence and choose a place where the pavement is wide.
Legal basis: Art. 47 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)