Must you always stop when approaching a road designated to bicycles?

In the video you are driving along a street in a city centre, next to an impressive building on the left; on the right there is a red cycle lane, the traffic lights show a green light, and at the junction a cycle crossing goes across the roadway. When approaching a cycle path, you do not always have to stop. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver approaching a cycle crossing to exercise particular caution and to give way to a rider of a bicycle, an electric scooter or a personal transport device (UTO) who is on the crossing; when turning into an intersecting road, you must also give way to a cyclist going straight on along the roadway, a cycle lane or a cycle path, and when driving across a cycle path - to a cyclist riding along it. Giving way means holding back from moving only when your movement could force the cyclist to change direction or speed; when the crossing is empty, you continue without stopping. You stop when a cyclist is on the crossing, and also when sign B-20 or a red light requires it. As you approach, you slow down and look both ways along the cycle path.

Legal basis: Art. 27 para. 1, 1a and 3 and Art. 2 point 23 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)