In this situation, can you drive past the traffic lights, if stopping in front of them would require rapid braking?

In the video you are driving behind a yellow lorry along a two-way street, you pass sign A-7 and approach a junction with traffic lights, with a pedestrian crossing before it; when you are already close to the traffic lights, the green light changes to amber. If stopping before the traffic lights would require sudden braking, you are allowed to drive past them. The answer is: yes.

The Regulation on road signs and signals provides that the amber signal means no entry beyond the traffic lights, unless at the moment this signal comes on the vehicle is so close to the traffic lights that it cannot be stopped before them without sudden braking; this signal also means that the red signal is about to come on. Sudden braking just before the crossing risks being hit by the driver behind you and losing control of the car. However, amber is not an encouragement to speed up - when you have enough space, you stop, and you drive on only when it is really impossible to stop safely.

Legal basis: § 95 para. 1 point 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 19 para. 2 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)