To prevent road traffic accidents involving vulnerable road users and to ensure their safety, the Traffic Regulations stipulate the duties of drivers when approaching a pedestrian crossing.
To prevent road traffic accidents involving vulnerable road users and to ensure their safety, the Traffic Regulations stipulate the duties of drivers when approaching a pedestrian crossing.
Thus, when approaching a pedestrian crossing, a driver is obliged to:
- reduce speed, up to stopping, to give way to pedestrians and cyclists; - pay attention to vehicles moving in adjacent lanes, as they may start to slow down to let pedestrians pass; - give way to a visually impaired pedestrian who signals with a white cane or a cane with a high-visibility cover (this rule also applies outside pedestrian crossings); - if there are pedestrians on the roadway who have not completed crossing the road, the driver is obliged to give them way.
In case of violation of these rules, the driver may be brought to administrative responsibility in the form of a fine ranging from 1 to 5 basic units.