While turning left, should you give the right of way to the vehicle approaching from the opposite direction?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a city street among parked cars and approaching a junction with sign D-1 "priority road" and plate T-6a, which shows that the priority road turns left, and the road straight ahead is a minor road; cars are coming from the opposite direction. When turning left, you continue along the priority road, and the vehicles from the opposite direction are coming out of a minor road - you do not have to give way to them. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals provides that sign D-1 means the beginning or continuation of a priority road, and plate T-6a placed under it shows the actual course of the priority road through the junction. The rule that a driver turning left gives way to a driver coming straight on from the opposite direction applies only when both vehicles are on roads of equal status or both are on the priority road; here the driver from the opposite direction has a give-way sign. Even though you have right of way, you exercise particular caution and make sure that he really is giving way to you.
Legal basis: § 43 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 5 para. 1 and Art. 25 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)