In this situation, are you obliged to give way to the pedestrian?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a wide street in town next to the tram tracks and approaching a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6; a man is walking across the zebra crossing from the right. You are obliged to give way to him. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to exercise particular caution, to reduce speed so as not to endanger a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it, and to give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign D-6 marks a place intended for pedestrians to cross the road. You slow down in good time, stop before the crossing and move off when the pedestrian has left your part of the roadway; you do not hurry them with the horn or by creeping forward.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 and 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals