In this situation, do you have the right of way over the pedestrians?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are crossing a junction with traffic lights in town and turning right, going around a traffic island with sign C-9; on the road you are entering there is a pedestrian crossing, which a woman with a shopping bag is walking across from the left, from the island, and further on the right there are a public transport stop and sign A-17 "children". You do not have right of way over the pedestrians on the crossing - they have right of way over you. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver turning into an intersecting road to give way to a pedestrian who is crossing, at the junction, the roadway of the road they are entering, and a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to exercise particular caution, to reduce speed so as not to endanger a pedestrian, and to give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it. Sign A-17 also warns that the place is used especially often by children, who may run onto the crossing unexpectedly. You stop before the crossing, let the woman cross and, before you move off, check whether anyone else is coming out from behind the stop.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 8 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals