In this situation, are you required to give way to the cyclist?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving in the middle lane of a wide street towards a junction; the traffic lights above the lanes show green, and on the right, at the cycle crossing, a cyclist is standing, waiting and not riding onto the roadway. You are not obliged to give way to him - you have green, and the cyclist is standing outside the crossing. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to give way to a cyclist who is on a cycle crossing, and the Regulation on road signs and signals provides that the green signal means permission to enter beyond the traffic lights, although it does not allow you to enter if this would make it difficult for cyclists who are already on the crossing to leave the roadway. A cyclist waiting at the edge for his signal is neither on the crossing nor riding onto it. However, you exercise particular caution and watch him, because he might set off on red.
Legal basis: Art. 27 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 95 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 point 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals