When approaching the stopping place for a school bus outside the built-up area, are you obliged to allow the driver of the bus to enter the roadway, if it signals the intention to perform such a manoeuvre?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a road through a village; on the right, at a stop, there is an orange school bus with a board showing a symbol of children. When approaching the place where a school bus has stopped, also outside a built-up area, you are obliged to allow its driver to enter the roadway if they are signalling this intention. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching the place where a school bus has stopped to stop if the bus driver has given a stop signal, and to reduce speed and, if necessary, stop to allow the bus to enter the roadway or the next lane if its driver is signalling the intention to carry out this manoeuvre. The rule about ordinary buses at stops applies only in built-up areas, but for a school bus the Act contains no such limitation - it applies everywhere. A school bus is a place where children get on and off, so you slow down, watch its indicator and doors, and when it wants to move off, you let it pull out, bearing in mind that a child may run out from behind it.
Legal basis: Art. 18a para. 1 point 2 and Art. 57a para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)