You intend to turn right. Do you have the right of way over the pedestrians?

In the photo you have stopped in front of a junction with traffic lights in town and you intend to turn right; the S-2 traffic lights show a red light together with a green arrow to the right, and right in front of you three people are walking across the pedestrian crossing on your roadway. You do not have right of way over them - the green arrow allows you to turn only after stopping, and only when you will not obstruct other road users, including pedestrians. The answer is: no.

The Regulation on road signs and signals states that a red signal shown by traffic lights S-2 together with a signal in the shape of a green arrow means that you are allowed to turn in the direction shown by the arrow into the nearest roadway at the junction, on condition that the driver stops before the traffic lights and does not obstruct other road users; the Road Traffic Act also requires you to give way to a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it. The pedestrians on this crossing have a green light, so turning on the arrow is conditional: you stop before the traffic lights, wait until all three people have left the crossing, look once more through the right-hand window to check that nobody is stepping out from behind the post, and only then do you turn.

Legal basis: § 96 para. 1 and 3 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 26 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)