In this situation, when entering the roadway of a public road are you obliged to observe the rules for merging into traffic?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, at night, you are approaching the exit from a small residential street onto a lit street; on the right there is a white sign with the crossed-out words "Droga wewnętrzna" (internal road) - D-47 "end of internal road". When entering the roadway of a public road, you must apply the rules for joining traffic (włączanie się do ruchu). The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that joining traffic takes place, among other cases, when entering a road from a road that is not a public road, and a driver joining traffic must exercise particular caution and give way to another vehicle or road user. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign D-47 marks the exit from an internal road onto a public road. The exit from an internal road is not a junction, so the right-hand rule does not apply here - you give way to everyone, from both sides, and also to pedestrians on the pavement and cyclists on the cycle path that you cross. At night you stop before the roadway, look at the lights of approaching vehicles, judge their distance and move off only when you will not force anyone to brake.
Legal basis: Art. 17 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 58 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals