In this situation, are you allowed to drive on the roadway occupying its entire width?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a narrow asphalt road through fields and bushes, without painted lines, with a grass shoulder on both sides. You are not allowed to drive on it using the full width of the roadway - right-hand traffic applies and you must drive as close as possible to the right edge. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act states that drivers must keep to right-hand traffic, and it requires you to drive as close as possible to the right edge of the roadway. The absence of lines does not change these rules: a two-way roadway without markings is still divided into halves for the two directions. If you drive in the middle, on a bend or beyond a hill crest you will collide head-on with a vehicle you did not see. You keep to the right, especially before bends and places with limited visibility, and when passing a wider oncoming vehicle you move to the edge of the roadway and slow down or stop if necessary.
Legal basis: Art. 16 para. 1 and 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)