In this situation, are you allowed to stop the vehicle on the surface closed to traffic?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a road through fields behind a red car; on both sides of the roadway, before the junction, white diagonal hatching is painted - areas excluded from traffic, marking P-21. You must not stop your vehicle on such an area. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that marking P-21 "hatched area" means an area of the road where entering and stopping are prohibited. Hatching is used where drivers should not be: where lanes split and merge, around traffic islands, at junction approaches - a car stopped there would block the view and confuse others about the course of the lanes. The Road Traffic Act allows you to stop only where the vehicle is visible from a sufficient distance and does not cause danger or obstruct traffic. You stop on the shoulder or in a lay-by, never on hatching.
Legal basis: § 90 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 46 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)