In this situation, do you have the right of way at the nearest intersection over vehicles approaching from the left side?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving in the rain on a two-way road behind a red car; on the right there is warning sign A-6c, on which a thick vertical line is your road, and a thin line branches off to the left. At the nearest junction you have right of way over vehicles approaching from the left, because they are coming out of a minor road. The answer is: yes.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign A-6c "junction with a minor road on the left" warns of a junction with a minor road on the left; the driver on the minor road has sign A-7 or B-20 there and must give way to you. The thick line on the sign always means the priority road, and the thin one - the minor road. However, right of way does not release you from caution: the Road Traffic Act requires you to exercise particular caution when approaching a junction, and in the rain the braking distance is longer. You watch the mouth of the road on the left, because a driver coming out of it may not notice you through a rain-covered windscreen, and you keep your distance from the red car, which may brake suddenly.
Legal basis: § 5 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 25 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)