Are you allowed to start driving once the pedestrians have walked onto the pavement?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are waiting next to a tram that has stopped at a stop without a traffic island; passengers are walking across the roadway between the tram and the pavement on the right, and the last of them are just stepping onto the pavement. When the pedestrians are on the pavement, you are allowed to move off. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, at a tram stop without a traffic island at which a tram is arriving or standing, to stop the vehicle in such a place and for such a time as to let the pedestrian freely reach the tram or the footway (droga dla pieszych). So the obligation lasts exactly as long as pedestrians are on the roadway or may step onto it; when everyone has reached the pavement, you may continue driving, exercising particular caution. You move off slowly, checking whether someone late is still getting off the tram and whether anyone is running to the doors from the other side.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)