In this situation, are you obliged to exercise particular caution?

In the video you are driving along a street in town and approaching a junction with a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6; an elderly woman is walking across the zebra crossing, and a dark car is coming from the left. When approaching the crossing, you are obliged to exercise particular caution. 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 them; particular caution means increased attention and adapting your behaviour to the conditions so that you can react quickly enough. The Regulation on road signs and signals requires you to reduce speed at sign D-6. You watch both pavements, slow down, stop before the crossing for the woman and check whether anyone else is walking behind her.

Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and Art. 2 point 22 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals