In this situation, if you intend to go straight, should you change the lane you are occupying?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
On the right-hand side there is sign F-10 "lane directions". It shows that from the left lane you may turn left, and from the middle and right lanes you may go straight on. You are driving in the right lane, which leads straight on, so if you intend to go straight on, you do not have to change lanes.
Sign F-10 placed next to the roadway shows the permitted directions of travel from the individual lanes, as indicated by the arrows on the sign. Changing lanes unnecessarily is an extra risk - every move into a neighbouring lane requires particular caution, an indicator and giving way to those travelling in that lane. Since your lane leads where you want to go, you stay in it.
Legal basis: § 72 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)