In this situation, can you stop the car in the middle lane?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving in the right lane of a two-way street in town, where trams run in the middle lane, on tracks built into the roadway; there are white and red posts along the pavements. Stopping the vehicle in the middle lane is not allowed - you would be standing on the tram tracks, blocking the tram, and far from the edge of the roadway. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act states that stopping and parking are allowed only in a place and in conditions where the vehicle is visible from a sufficient distance and does not create a danger to road safety or obstruct traffic, and that when stopping a vehicle on the roadway, the driver must place it as close as possible to its edge and parallel to it. A car standing in the middle lane with tracks would stop the tram, which cannot go around it, and would force other vehicles to drive in the opposite lane. If you have to stop, you do it at the right-hand edge of the roadway, where signs do not prohibit it.
Legal basis: Art. 46 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)