In this situation, while driving straight, do you have to give the right of way to the emergency vehicle turning left?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving straight on along a residential street through a junction with a pedestrian crossing; a police car with flashing blue lights switched on is coming from the opposite direction and turns left, crossing your path. You must make it easier for an emergency vehicle (with flashing blue lights and a siren) to pass, even when under the normal rules it should give way to you. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a road user to make it easier for an emergency vehicle to pass, in particular by moving out of its way immediately and, if necessary, by stopping; an emergency vehicle is a vehicle that emits light signals in the form of flashing blue lights and sound signals of changing tone at the same time. The normal rule that a driver turning left gives way to a driver coming straight on from the opposite direction does not come first here. You slow down and stop before the junction to let the police car turn, and you move off only when the road is clear.
Legal basis: Art. 9 para. 1, Art. 2 point 38 and Art. 53 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)