In the presented situation, do you have priority over the vehicle on the right?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are already on a roundabout in a housing estate, marked before the entry with signs A-7 "give way" and C-12 "roundabout"; the island is on your left, a dark car is driving in front of you, and at the entry on the right there is a silver van that is only about to enter the roundabout. You have right of way over this vehicle on the right. The answer is: yes.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign C-12 means that at the junction traffic moves around an island in the direction shown on the sign, and sign C-12 together with sign A-7 means that a driver already within the junction has right of way over a driver entering that junction. The right-hand rule, which at an uncontrolled junction of equal roads would give right of way to the van, does not apply on such a roundabout - the van driver sees sign A-7 and must wait until you have passed. So you continue smoothly behind the dark car, but you watch the van: if it moved off, the principle of limited trust tells you to brake rather than enforce your right of way by a collision. You switch on your right indicator only before your exit from the roundabout.
Legal basis: § 36 para. 1 and 2 and § 5 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)