In the situation presented, does the green signal exempt you from the necessity to exercise special caution at a pedestrian crossing?

In the video you are driving on a roadway of a dual carriageway and approaching a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights; the traffic lights show a green light, and by the crossing there are signs D-6 with plate T-27 on a yellow-green background. The green signal does not release you from the need to exercise particular caution at the pedestrian crossing. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a pedestrian crossing to exercise particular caution, to reduce speed and to give way to a pedestrian on the crossing - and it makes no exception for crossings with traffic lights. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that the green signal means permission to drive past the traffic lights, but it does not allow you to enter if the movement of your vehicle would make it difficult for pedestrians or cyclists to leave the roadway. A green light only tells you that you may go, not that the road is empty: a pedestrian may have stepped onto the roadway at the end of their green light and not yet left it, and a child may run out on red. The principle of limited trust allows you to count on others following the rules only when nothing indicates otherwise. Before the crossing you look at both pavements and are ready to brake despite the green light.

Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and Art. 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 95 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 point 1 and § 47 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals