Can you stop a car on a sidewalk, leaving a passage of 2 m, if this causes an obstacle to pedestrian traffic?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo there is a street in a housing estate between blocks of flats, with a row of cars parked on the pavement on the right and pedestrians walking next to them. You cannot stop a vehicle on the pavement, leaving a passage 2 m wide, if this obstructs pedestrian traffic. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act allows stopping or parking on a footway (droga dla pieszych) only on condition that the width of the pavement is not less than 1.5 m and that this does not obstruct pedestrian traffic. These are two separate conditions that must be met at the same time: even if you leave 2 m, but pedestrian traffic at that place is so heavy that the car would block them - for example at the entrance to a school or at a stop - stopping is prohibited. Before parking on the pavement, you look not only at the measurement, but also at who walks there.
Legal basis: Art. 47 para. 1 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)