While driving on this traffic lane, do you have the right to continue driving straight ahead?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a road on the outskirts of a town in the left lane, right next to a double solid line, and approaching a junction; lane direction arrow P-8b for turning left is painted in your lane, and a white car and a lorry are driving in the right lane, which is for going straight on. While driving in this lane, you are not allowed to continue straight on - the arrow allows only a left turn. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that lane direction arrows P-8a, P-8b and P-8c mean that driving from the lane in which they are placed is allowed only in the direction shown by the arrow; combined arrow symbols mean permission to travel in all the directions shown. A single left arrow leaves no choice: anyone who wants to go straight on must change to the right lane earlier, where the line is still broken, giving way to vehicles in that lane. Going straight on from a left-turn lane often ends in a collision with a vehicle that is going straight on from the neighbouring lane, as the markings allow. If you are already in this lane, you turn left and get back onto your route by another road.
Legal basis: § 87 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)