In this situation, are you obliged to drive straight ahead?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a bend in the road beside barriers and approaching a junction, before which there are signs A-7 "give way" and C-5 "go straight ahead". At this junction you are obliged to go straight on. The answer is: yes.
The Regulation on road signs and signals provides that mandatory signs C-1 to C-11 oblige the driver to move in the direction shown by the arrows and apply at the nearest junction or at the place where it is possible to change direction; sign C-5 means you must go straight ahead. A left or right turn would therefore be a petty offence, even if the intersecting road looked accessible. Sign A-7 also warns you that you are crossing a priority road, so before entering the junction you slow down, look both ways and give way to vehicles on the road you are crossing, and then go straight on.
Legal basis: § 35 para. 1 and 2 and § 5 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals