If you drive through a puddle, should you slow down to avoid splashing pedestrians?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, you are driving in the rain along a residential street with large puddles, past parked cars, and pedestrians with umbrellas are walking along the pavement on the right. When driving through a puddle, you should reduce your speed so as not to splash pedestrians. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a road user to avoid any action that could expose anyone to harm, and also to drive at a speed adapted to the conditions, including the condition of the road surface. Splashing a pedestrian is harm done deliberately or through carelessness - the driver sees the puddle and the people, but still does not slow down; the law provides for a fine for this. Before a puddle, you take your foot off the accelerator and drive through it slowly, and when possible, you go around it, away from the pavement.
Legal basis: Art. 3 para. 1 and Art. 19 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)