Clever Traffic Rules Test: Is transit movement through a residential zone permitted

Movement of a heavy goods vehicle through a residential zone. Illustration: Za! Rules

A task from topics about movement in residential and pedestrian zones, as well as about speed. A truck driver intends to turn left to cut across and exit onto another road through a residential zone. Is he allowed to perform such a maneuver in the scenario shown in the picture?

Analysis of the task and the correct answer are given by News.LIVE with a link to the channel “Za! Rules”.

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Answer options

Permitted.

Permitted if moving at a speed not exceeding 20 km/h.

Permitted provided pedestrians have the right of way.

Conditions specified in options 2 and 3.

Prohibited.

Task analysis

The heavy goods vehicle driver plans to cut across and pass through a residential zone marked by road signs 5.34 “Residential zone” and 5.35 “End of residential zone.”

In the residential zone, the following rules apply:

The speed must not exceed 20 km/h (item 12.5 Traffic Rules);

Pedestrians have the right of way over vehicles both on sidewalks and on the roadway (item 26.1 Traffic Rules).

But according to item 26.2 Traffic Rules, the transit movement of vehicles is strictly prohibited in residential and pedestrian zones.

Using a residential or pedestrian zone for through traffic is prohibited for all vehicles, regardless of speed or yielding to pedestrians.

Correct answer is No. 5

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