26.5. When leaving a pedestrian zone, the driver of the blue car must give way to:
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This exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine tests one of the basic skills of safe driving: how to correctly yield when exiting areas with special traffic conditions. Such situations often occur near shopping zones, courtyards, residential neighborhoods, and places designated as pedestrian zones, where the driver must act with maximum caution and predictability for other road users.
The question relates to the section of the Traffic Rules concerning movement in residential and pedestrian zones, specifically to the requirement of clause 26.4: when exiting a residential or pedestrian zone, the driver is obliged to yield to other road users. For the theoretical exam, it is important to understand that “road users” as defined by the Traffic Rules (clause 1.10) include not only drivers, but also pedestrians, cyclists, and others. Therefore, when exiting a pedestrian zone, the driver cannot choose whom to yield to: they must give way to everyone already moving on the road outside this zone.
If you choose an option with only the pedestrian or only the car, it will be incomplete, as it contradicts the wording “other road users” in clause 26.4. Also, the “obstacle on the right” rule does not apply here, since this is not about an intersection of roads of equal importance, but about exiting a pedestrian zone, which is essentially leaving an adjacent territory. In practice, this means: before exiting, you need to reduce speed, make sure the maneuver is safe, and yield to both pedestrians and vehicles on the carriageway.
Clause 26.4
"When leaving a residential or pedestrian zone, drivers must give way to other road users."
This clause directly establishes the obligation of a driver exiting a pedestrian zone to yield to all other road users (including pedestrians and vehicles) moving outside this zone.
Clause 1.10 (the term "Road user")
"Road user — a person who directly participates in the process of movement on the road as a pedestrian, driver, passenger, animal handler, cyclist, as well as a person moving in a wheelchair."
Given this definition, both the pedestrian and the driver (of the gray car) are "road users" to whom the driver of the blue car, when exiting the pedestrian zone, is required to "give way" according to clause 26.4.
Thus, the correct answer is "To the pedestrian and the car," considering that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, both the pedestrian and the driver of the car are road users who must be given priority when exiting a pedestrian zone.
Exiting a pedestrian zone is, according to the rules, considered as leaving an area where vehicle movement is restricted and priority is given to pedestrians. Therefore, a driver leaving such a zone cannot expect to have the right of way, even if they are already approaching the roadway.
Clause 26.4 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine establishes a general requirement: when exiting a pedestrian zone, the driver must yield to other road users. The key word here is “users,” meaning not only vehicles, but everyone participating in traffic.
To correctly apply this rule, it is important to understand exactly whom it covers. Road users include, in particular, both pedestrians and drivers of vehicles. In the situation shown in the diagram, such users are the pedestrian walking on the road and the driver of the gray car moving along the carriageway. Thus, the blue car, when leaving the pedestrian zone, is required to yield to both, not just one of them.
Also, the “obstacle on the right” rule should not be applied here, because it works at intersections of roads of equal importance. Exiting a pedestrian zone is considered leaving an adjacent territory, where a separate requirement applies to yield to all road users already moving on the road.
Therefore, the correct answer is "To the pedestrian and the car," since when exiting a pedestrian zone, the driver is required to yield to all other road users, in particular the pedestrian and the vehicle on the road.