Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category A (A, A1, A2, AM)

For answer  A 

Besides the obligation to stop at the signals of the traffic police officer, the participants in traffic are obliged to stop immediately also at the signals addressed in this regard by the border police officers. The latter may perform, besides the stopping signals, also the following signals: the swinging of the arm in the vertical plane, with the palm of the hand oriented towards the ground or with a means of signalling, which signifies the reduction of speed, as well as the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increase of the speed of movement of the vehicles, including speeding up the crossing of the road by pedestrians. Failure to comply with these signals is sanctioned with a fine provided in the second class of sanctions..

For answer  B 

The road legislation does not provide the obligation to stop at the signals addressed by the community police officers. Since the year 2010 the term “community police” no longer exists in the normative acts in force. At this moment the term found in the normative acts in force is “local police”.

For answer  C 

The road legislation does not provide that the authorized personnel from the examination service may address stopping signals. Therefore, they cannot address stopping signals to the drivers of vehicles.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

Signals of those authorized - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Code - Signals of the traffic police officer

Second class contraventions - Audio-Video Lesson --> Second class contraventions; License suspension 30 days; Application of 3 penalty points

For answer  A 

OUG* - Article 29

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(2) The participants in traffic are obliged to respect also the signals of the border police officers, of the traffic guides of the Ministry of National Defence, of the personnel of the mobile teams within the Romanian Customs Authority, as well as of the fiscal bodies within the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, performing their service duties, of the railway agents, of the persons designated for directing the traffic on the road sections where rehabilitation works are carried out, of the members of the school traffic patrols acting in the immediate vicinity of the educational units, as well as of the blind persons, according to the provisions of the regulation.

Regulation** - Article 89

(1) The stopping of the participants in traffic is mandatory also at the signals given by:
a) the border police officers;
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(2) The persons provided in paragraph (1) letters a)-d) may perform also the following signals:
a) the swinging of the arm in the vertical plane, with the palm of the hand oriented towards the ground or with a means of signalling, which signifies the reduction of speed;
b) the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increase of the speed of movement of the vehicles, including the speeding up of the crossing of the road by pedestrians.

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 104 of June 27, 2001 regarding the organization and functioning of the Romanian Border Police - Article 2

In the meaning of this emergency ordinance, the expressions below have the following meanings:
a) area of competence:
1. the surface of the national territory consisting of the border area, the surface and buildings of the airports and ports located inside the country, open to international traffic, the inner Danube, the Măcin branch, the maritime Danube, the Danube - Black Sea Canal, the Sulina Canal located outside the border area, the internal maritime waters and the territorial sea, as well as the contiguous zone and the exclusive economic zone of Romania, in which the Romanian Border Police performs its duties provided by law;
2. the entire surface of the national territory, only for performing the duties regarding the prevention and combating of illegal migration;
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OUG* - Article 100

(1) Constitute contraventions and are sanctioned with the fine provided in the second class of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
1. the failure to respect the signals of the border police officers in the border crossing points of the Romanian state, of the traffic guides of the Ministry of National Defence, of the fiscal bodies within the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, of the railway agents, of the persons designated for directing the traffic on the road sections where rehabilitation works are carried out, as well as those of the school traffic patrols and of the blind persons;
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For answer  B 

The road legislation does not provide anything in this regard.

For answer  C 

The road legislation does not provide anything in this regard.

* OUG = EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Regulation of the Road Code)