Upon turning right in this situation, should you yield priority to the cyclist?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you have stopped before a junction with traffic lights in a city and intend to turn right; the traffic lights show green, and a cycle crossing with a red surface, on which a cyclist in a pink sweatshirt is riding, leads across the junction; next to it there is a pedestrian crossing. After turning right you should give way to her. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a cycle crossing to exercise particular caution and give way to a cyclist on the crossing, and it requires a driver turning into an intersecting road to give way to a cyclist going straight on along a cycle path or another part of the road that the driver intends to leave. Giving way means not moving if your movement could force the cyclist to change direction or to change speed significantly. The cyclist is already on the red surface of the cycle crossing, so driving in front of her would be forcing your way through. You stop before the cycle crossing, wait until she has left it, check that no other bicycle is coming behind her, and only then turn.
Legal basis: Art. 27 para. 1 and 1a and Art. 2 point 23 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)