In a built-up area, on a two-way roadway with low traffic, are you allowed to park the vehicle at the left edge of the roadway?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a quiet housing-estate street among detached houses; the roadway is two-way, without painted lanes, and traffic is light. In a built-up area, on a two-way roadway with low traffic, you are allowed to park your vehicle at the left edge of the roadway. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits stopping a vehicle on the roadway at its left edge, except for stopping or parking a vehicle in a built-up area on a one-way road or on a two-way roadway with low traffic. Such a small street is exactly this exception. When parking on the left, you move into the opposite lane, so you do it only when nobody is coming, and you position the car parallel to the edge, as close to it as possible; also remember that the other bans - for example 10 m from a junction or before a crossing - apply on the left side just as on the right.
Legal basis: Art. 49 para. 1 point 7 and Art. 46 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)