Are you permitted in the presented situation to make a U-turn?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a wide street in a city behind a dark car and approaching a junction with traffic lights; the traffic lights show green, and sign B-23 "no U-turn" is hanging on a post by the road. A U-turn is not permitted here. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign B-23 "no U-turn" prohibits drivers from making a U-turn up to and including the nearest junction, and the prohibition is cancelled by sign B-24 "end of no U-turn" or by passing the junction. A green light does not cancel this prohibition - traffic lights take precedence only over signs regulating right of way, and B-23 is not one of them. A no U-turn sign is placed on busy main roads, where a car making a U-turn would block the junction and surprise oncoming drivers. At this junction you may turn left, if nothing else prohibits it, but you must not make a U-turn; if you need to go back, you do it at the next junction without a prohibition or by driving around the block.
Legal basis: § 22 para. 5 and 6 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 5 para. 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)