In this situation, are you obliged to give right of way to the pedestrians?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a residential street between parked cars and approaching a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6; a group of pedestrians is stepping onto the crossing from the left. You must give way to them. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to exercise particular caution, to reduce speed so as not to put in danger a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it, and to give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it. So right of way belongs not only to people already on the crossing, but also to those who are just stepping onto it. You slow down in good time, stop before the crossing and move off only when all the pedestrians have left your path; next to parked cars you also watch out for people coming out from between them.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)