%0 Journal Article
%T Obligations of vehicle drivers and pedestrians walking across zebra crossings pursuant to the amendments to the Act on Road Traffic
%A Stefański, Ryszard A.
%J Paragraph on the Road
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/15053520PnD.22.001.16237
%N 1/2022
%P 7-19
%K Vehicle driver, pedestrian priority, pedestrian, speed, pedestrian crossing, giving way
%@ 1505-3520
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/paragraf-na-drodze/article/obowiazki-kierujacych-pojazdami-i-pieszych-przechodzacych-przez-przejscie-dla-pieszych-po-nowelizacji-ustawy-prawo-o-ruchu-drogowym
%X The subject of the article is an analysis of the amendments regarding a pedestrian walking across pedestrian crossing, introduced by the Act of February 25, 2021 amending the Act on Road Traffic. Its aim is to interpret the concept, provided in Article 13 (1a) of the Act on Road Traffic, of a pedestrian entering a pedestrian crossing as well as his/her duty to exercise special care, not to enter the road directly in front of a moving vehicle and not to use a telephone or other electric devices. The considerations were also aimed at clarifying the obligations, related to pedestrians rights, of the driver of the vehicle approaching the pedestrian crossing, consisting in reducing the speed so as not to endanger the pedestrian on this crossing or entering it, and giving way to a pedestrian entering the zebra crossing. To achieve these goals, research methods such as the analysis of the normative text together with linguistic and logical methods were used. The article is important as it clarifies the controversy arising from Art. 13 (1a) of the Act on Road Traffic primarily to road traffic experts, drivers and pedestrians.