How can you turn right with a tractor and trailer, if the dimensions of the combination vehicle do not make it possible for you to start the manoeuvre from the right edge of the road?
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Correct answer
A. You can start the manoeuvre without keeping to the right edge of the road.
Explanation
In the photo, in front of us there is a two-way roadway divided by a double solid line, and a car is approaching from the opposite direction. When the dimensions of a combination of a tractor and a trailer make it impossible to start a right turn from the right edge of the roadway, you may start the manoeuvre without keeping to this edge - answer A.
The rule is that before a right turn you move close to the right edge of the roadway. The Road Traffic Act releases you from this duty when the dimensions of the vehicle make it impossible to turn in line with this rule - a long combination on a tight curve would catch the kerb, a post or a pedestrian with its trailer. You then move away from the edge, but you exercise particular caution: the gap you leave tempts cyclists and motorcyclists to ride in on the right, so before turning you look in the right mirror. Driving your wheels onto the pavement (answer B) risks hitting a pedestrian, and the rules do not allow for it. You must not cross a solid line (answer C) or drive onto it - the exception to the turning rule does not cancel prohibitions resulting from road markings.
Legal basis: Art. 22 para. 1-3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)