In this situation, are you obliged to give way to the pedestrians?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are approaching a pedestrian crossing next to a bus stop; on the right two elderly people - a woman with a bag and a man - are stepping onto the zebra crossing, and a red car is coming from the opposite direction. You are obliged to give way to the pedestrians. 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. Since 2021, a person who is only stepping onto the crossing already has right of way, not just a person who is already on it. Near a bus stop there are more pedestrians and they are often in a hurry, so you slow down in good time, stop before the crossing and move off only when the crossing is empty.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)