In this situation, does the light signal emitted for your traffic direction allow you to enter beyond the traffic signal?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a wide street towards a junction under a flyover, in the left lane, which has a left-turn arrow painted on it; the traffic lights on the left side, for your direction, show a red signal, and the directional traffic lights on the right and above the lanes for going straight on show a green upward arrow. The signal for your direction of traffic does not allow you to drive beyond the traffic lights - the green arrow applies to other lanes. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that a red signal means a ban on driving beyond the traffic lights, and signals given by directional traffic lights S-3 apply only to drivers travelling in the direction shown by the arrow; stopping because of a signal should take place before the stop line, and if there is none - before the traffic lights. The trap: a green arrow is lit in the picture, but it is for the lanes going straight on, and you are in the left-turn lane, for which the red light is on. At large junctions each direction has its own traffic lights - you look at the ones for your lane. You stop before the stop line and move off only when the green left arrow comes on for your lane.
Legal basis: § 95 para. 1 point 3, § 97 para. 1 and 2 and § 99 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals