Fakultatywny obowiązek zmniejszenia prędkości przed przejściem dla pieszych w kontekście zakazu wchodzenia bezpośrednio przed jadący pojazd
An optional obligation to reduce the speed ahead of a zebra crossing in the context of prohibition of entering a crossing by a pedestrian directly in front of a moving vehicle

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a follow-up of the article by the author on the amendments to the Act on Road Traffic concerning pedestrian priority. The author focuses on the driver’s obligation to reduce the speed ahead of a pedestrian crossing so as not to endanger the pedestrian entering or walking across the crossing. The author argues that this obligation is optional, i.e. it depends on the occurrence of several factors concerning both pedestrians and vehicle movement as well as external conditions such as visibility and state of the road. The author also proposes a “correction” of the said regulation to make it more closely adapted to actual traffic situations. Finally, the author provides examples of safe distances for a pedestrian to walk in front of a vehicle versus various speeds of vehicles and the adhesion conditions, while obeying road traffic rules. The author points out that speed reduction by the driver in front of a pedestrian crossing does not always prevent incorrect behaviour of the pedestrian – should this take place.

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