In this situation, are you obliged to exercise special caution?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a street among houses and trees behind a red car; on the right there is sign D-1, and below it, on a yellow-green background, sign D-6 "pedestrian crossing" with plate T-27; there is a crossing ahead of you, and a white car is coming out of a side road on the right. 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; approaching a junction also requires particular caution. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that plate T-27 below sign D-6 shows that the crossing is used particularly often by children. A child is small, so it is easy to miss behind a parked car, and children often run onto the crossing without checking the road. You slow down, look at both pavements, keep an eye on the white car coming out from the right and are ready to brake.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and Art. 25 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 4 and 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals