In this situation, are you allowed to drive beyond the traffic lights without stopping?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving behind a blue car towards a brick railway flyover, in front of which the traffic lights show a green light; before the traffic lights there is a pedestrian crossing, and on the left a person is standing with a bicycle. You are allowed to drive beyond the traffic lights without stopping. The answer is: yes.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that the green signal of traffic lights S-1 means permission to drive beyond the traffic lights, with the reservation that it does not permit entry when the movement of the vehicle would make it difficult for pedestrians or cyclists to leave the roadway, or when there is no space beyond the traffic lights to continue driving. However, green does not free you from giving way to a pedestrian who is already on the crossing. You follow the blue car at a safe following distance, without stopping, but you watch the person with the bicycle at the crossing and the vehicles coming from under the flyover.
Legal basis: § 95 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)