You want to leave a property lot and turn into a road while passing over a footpath. What must you look out for?

When you drive out of a property (for example a driveway, yard, parking area, petrol station) onto a public road and you have to cross a footpath, you have a special duty of care. You must behave in a way that pedestrians on the footpath are neither endangered nor obstructed. In practice that means you approach very slowly, be ready to stop before the footpath, look carefully in both directions along the footpath, and only continue when the footpath is clearly free. Pedestrians have priority there because you are entering their space from a non-road area.

If your view is restricted by walls, hedges, parked vehicles, or the building line, you must still ensure it is safe. That is why answer 2 is correct: if you cannot reliably see whether pedestrians are coming, you should use another person to guide you. This “use a helper if necessary” rule is a general safety principle in German traffic law when visibility is insufficient and a hazard could be created.

Answer 3 is not required as a specific “must” in this type of question because the key legal focus when crossing the footpath is protecting pedestrians and compensating for limited visibility. Of course you will also check road traffic before you merge, but the decisive obligations tested here are: do not endanger pedestrians on the footpath, and get help if you can’t see well enough.