When turning onto another roadway, a moped rider sees a pedestrian crossing that road. Is the rider required to yield to the pedestrian?

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The General Traffic Regulations (Article 65(1)(b)) give the pedestrian the right of way when a vehicle is going to turn to enter another road and pedestrians are crossing it, even if there is no pedestrian crossing. That is why the moped rider must yield to the pedestrian. Thinking that it is not necessary because there is no painted crossing is a mistake: the absence of road markings does not cancel the pedestrian's priority in a turn. Yielding only when there is imminent danger of running the pedestrian over is also a mistake: yielding is an obligation arising from the pedestrian's priority in this maneuver, not an emergency reaction to avoid running someone over.

When turning onto another roadway, a moped rider sees a pedestrian crossing that road. Is the rider required to yield to the pedestrian?

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