In this situation, are you obliged to yield the right of way to the vehicle coming from the right?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, we are driving a tram on tracks running next to the roadway towards a place where the tracks cross a street; next to the tracks there is the sign A-16 "pedestrian crossing", further on the sign D-6 right at the crossing, and a blue van is approaching from the right along an intersecting road. In this situation, you do not have to give way to the vehicle coming from the right - the answer is NO.
There are no signs or traffic lights here that change right of way. So a tram, as a rail vehicle, has right of way over other vehicles regardless of the direction they are coming from, also outside a junction. The right-hand rule does not apply to a tram in relation to cars. However, you watch the van, because its driver may fail to give way, and you watch out for pedestrians on the crossing.
Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 2-3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)