Do you have to yield the right of way to the vehicle approaching from the left in this situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a roundabout with signs A-7 "give way" and C-12 "roundabout"; a lorry is coming around the roundabout from the left. You are required to give way to it. The answer is: yes.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign C-12 means that at the junction traffic moves around the island in the direction shown on the sign, and C-12 together with A-7 means that a driver already within the junction has right of way over a driver entering it. The lorry is already on the roundabout and is approaching from the left, that is, exactly from the side from which circulating vehicles always appear on a roundabout. You slow down before the entry, look left and enter only after the lorry, remembering that a long vehicle needs more space and may swing into your entry.
Legal basis: § 36 para. 1 and 2 and § 5 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals