While driving behind a learner driver, do you have to exercise special caution?

In the video you are driving on one carriageway of a dual carriageway in town behind a navy blue car, in front of which there is a learner vehicle with an "L" plate; you are approaching an interchange under a flyover, where beyond a traffic island an exit marked with a direction sign goes off to the right, and the navy blue car is braking. You are approaching a place where carriageways join and split, that is a junction, and in front of you a line of vehicles with a learner vehicle is braking - you must exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a junction to exercise particular caution and applies this rule also when directions of traffic cross outside a junction; it also requires you to keep the distance needed to avoid a collision if the vehicle in front brakes, and the principle of limited trust tells you to expect unusual behaviour from others when the circumstances suggest it. A learner driver with an "L" plate may brake or slow down unexpectedly, and drivers at an interchange decide at the last moment whether to exit. You take your foot off the accelerator, increase the following distance and watch both the cars in front and those that may move into your lane from the side.

Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 1 and 3, Art. 19 para. 2 point 3 and Art. 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)