In this situation, can you turn right in front of the tram?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a junction with traffic lights on a priority road (sign D-1); after a moment the traffic lights for your direction show green, but on the right, before the tram tracks that cross the road you want to turn into, the traffic lights show red, and a red tram is approaching that crossing. You cannot turn right in front of the tram. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals provides that the red signal means no entry beyond the traffic lights, and the Road Traffic Act provides that light signals apply even when the rules require a different way of behaving. Green at the entry lets you enter the junction, but the second set of traffic lights before the tracks prohibits you from crossing the tracks; regardless of this, a rail vehicle has right of way over other vehicles no matter which side it comes from. So you turn right and stop before the tracks, let the tram pass and move off only on the green signal.
Legal basis: § 95 para. 1 point 3 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 5 para. 1 and Art. 25 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)