You intend to turn left, and the driver of the oncoming vehicle intends to go straight on. Do you have the right of way over him?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a junction in town, before which a line of triangles P-13 belonging to sign A-7 is painted on the roadway; you intend to turn left, and the driver from the opposite direction is going to go straight on. You do not have right of way over him. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver who is turning left to give way to a vehicle coming from the opposite direction and going straight on or turning right. This rule does not depend on who has right of way in relation to the intersecting road - if you are both driving along the same minor road, you both give way to vehicles on the priority road, and between the two of you the left-turn rule decides. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that give-way line P-13 shows the place to stop in order to give way as required by sign A-7. So you wait until the oncoming car has passed, and only then do you turn.
Legal basis: Art. 25 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 89 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals