In this situation, should you expect a pedestrian suddenly barging onto the road?

In the video, you are driving along a suburban street among dense trees, hedges and property fences; on the right there is sign A-16 "pedestrian crossing", and a dark car is parked at the edge of the roadway. In this situation, you may expect a pedestrian to run out onto the roadway suddenly. The answer is: yes.

The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign A-16 warns of a pedestrian crossing, and the Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a crossing to exercise particular caution and to reduce speed so as not to endanger a pedestrian, and to apply the principle of limited trust when the circumstances indicate that someone may behave in an unusual way. Trees, hedges and a parked car that block the view create a place from which a pedestrian - especially a child - may suddenly step out onto the roadway. You slow down and look into the gaps between the trees and behind the parked car.

Legal basis: § 8 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 26 para. 1 and Art. 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)