Can you reverse the car on the road once you go past this sign?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, there is a snow-covered residential street between blocks of flats, with parked cars, and at its entrance there is sign D-40 "residential area" and a board with a crossed-out car and the words "Droga pożarowa" (fire access road), which prohibits parking. On the road beyond this sign, you are allowed to reverse. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits reversing only in a tunnel, on a bridge, on a flyover, on a motorway and on an expressway; a residential area is not one of these places, and reversing when parking is an everyday thing here. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign D-40 marks the entrance to a residential area, where pedestrians may use the full width of the road and have right of way over vehicles. When reversing, you give way to other vehicles and pedestrians, drive very slowly and make sure that there is no one behind the car - especially a child, who cannot be seen in the mirrors.
Legal basis: Art. 23 para. 1 point 3 and para. 2 and Art. 11 para. 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 58 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals