In this situation, should you allow a pedestrian to freely exit the pedestrian crossing?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are approaching a pedestrian crossing on a street in a town, marked with sign D-6; a man pushing a bicycle is walking across the crossing, and other cars are driving past ahead of you. You should allow him to leave the crossing freely. 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 a pedestrian who is on the crossing or stepping onto it; it also defines a pedestrian as a person on the road outside a vehicle, including a person pushing a bicycle. The man with the bicycle is not riding it but pushing it, so he is a pedestrian and has right of way on the crossing. Right of way covers the whole crossing, not only your half of the roadway - you stop before the crossing, you do not drive up close to him to hurry him, and you move off only when he has stepped off the crossing onto the pavement.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and Art. 2 point 18 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)