18.18. In this case, the driver of the white car may continue driving only when the pedestrians have left the carriageway and the tram doors are closed.
UAУ цьому випадку водій білого автомобіля може продовжувати рух лише тоді, коли пішоходи залишать проїзну частину і в трамваї зачиняться двері.
This is an exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine about safety near tram stops when passengers board or alight directly from the roadway. Such situations are especially dangerous because pedestrians may suddenly appear on the traffic lanes and may move both towards and away from the tram. That is why the traffic rules require drivers to take clear and unambiguous actions, not just “slowly drive around”.
The question tests knowledge of the section of the Traffic Rules regarding passing public transport vehicles and the driver’s duties towards pedestrians during boarding/alighting, in particular the requirements of clause 18.8. According to this clause, the driver must stop and yield to pedestrians on the side of the open tram doors if boarding or alighting takes place from the roadway or from a boarding platform located on it. Movement may only be resumed when the roadway is already clear of people and the tram doors are closed, as this is a practical sign that boarding/alighting has finished.
The correct answer option is consistent with clause 18.8, as it directly establishes two conditions for resuming movement: pedestrians must leave the roadway and the tram doors must be closed. The alternative option is incorrect because it ignores the obligation to come to a complete stop and creates a risk of hitting a pedestrian, which is especially critical in a theoretical exam where the ability to apply the Traffic Rules of Ukraine in typical hazardous road situations is tested.
Clause 18.8
The driver must stop to give way to pedestrians who are approaching or leaving a tram that is stopped at a stop, if boarding (alighting) is carried out from the carriageway or a boarding platform located on it. Continuing to drive is allowed only after the pedestrians have left the carriageway and the tram doors have closed.
In this situation, it is precisely this clause that obliges the driver of the white car to stop near the tram (when boarding/alighting is taking place from the carriageway) and to resume driving only after the pedestrians have cleared the carriageway and the tram doors have closed.
Clause 1.10 (the term "Boarding platform")
Boarding platform — an element of the road intended for the boarding (alighting) of passengers of route vehicles.
This definition is important for the application of clause 18.8, since the obligation to stop arises when boarding/alighting is performed from the carriageway or from a boarding platform located on it.
That is, the correct answer is "Yes," given that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, the driver is obliged to stop near a tram that is boarding/alighting from the carriageway, and may continue driving only after the pedestrians have left the carriageway and the tram doors have closed.
In this situation, the tram has stopped in the middle of the roadway, and passengers are forced to get on and off directly onto the road. This creates increased danger because pedestrians appear on the traffic lanes precisely at the moment of boarding or alighting.
Clause 18.8 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine requires the driver to stop and yield to pedestrians who are heading to or from the tram from the side of the open doors, if boarding/alighting is carried out from the roadway (or from a platform located on it). That is, the driver of the white car cannot "carefully drive past," even at low speed, while people are crossing the road to or from the tram doors.
Permission to continue driving appears only when the dangerous situation has completely disappeared: pedestrians have already left the roadway, and the tram doors are closed. Closed doors are a practical sign that boarding or alighting is finished, and new pedestrians will no longer suddenly step onto the road.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Yes.", since according to clause 18.8 the driver may continue driving only after pedestrians have cleared the roadway and the tram doors are closed.