In this situation, are you allowed to turn left in order to park the vehicle on the pavement?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street in town past old tenement houses; on the left side, cars are parked with their wheels on the pavement, and the centre of the roadway is marked by a double solid line P-4. You must not turn left to park on the pavement - you would have to cross the double solid line. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that marking P-4 "double solid line" separates lanes for opposite directions and means a ban on crossing this line and driving onto it; the ban applies to every manoeuvre, including turning into a gateway, into a car park or onto the pavement on the left side. Wherever you want to stop, the obstacle is the crossing of the double solid line itself. You can take a space on the left by approaching it from the opposite direction after making a U-turn at a junction where this is allowed.
Legal basis: § 86 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 47 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)