In this situation, are you obliged to yield the right of way to vehicles travelling on the transverse road?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, a tram is travelling on tracks along a curve towards a street that the tracks cross. Before the roadway there is the sign A-7 "give way" with a pedestrian crossing sign, and cars are driving along the street. In this situation, you must give way to vehicles travelling on the intersecting road - the answer is YES.
The sign A-7 also applies to the tram driver and takes priority over the general rule that a rail vehicle has right of way over other vehicles. So you must let vehicles travelling on the intersecting road go first. You slow down before the roadway, and if cars are coming, you stop the tram and wait until they have passed. Giving way means that you do not force drivers to brake.
Legal basis: Art. 5 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 5 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals