In this situation, while exercising special caution, can you bypass the tram?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you have stopped on a street next to a tram stop without a traffic island; the tram is standing at the stop with its doors open, and passengers are getting off and walking across your lane to the pavement. You do not have the right to go around this tram, even while exercising particular caution. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver, when a tram is standing at a stop without a traffic island, 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. This is an obligation to stop, not just to be careful - driving carefully between passengers who are getting off is still prohibited. You stay where you are and move off only when all the passengers have left the roadway and reached the pavement.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)