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For answer  A 

The driver of a motor vehicle, of an agricultural or forestry tractor or tram may drive after having taken medicines against chronic diseases (a medical condition that persists for a long period of time), as long as these do not affect his state of alertness. It must be known that they are prohibited from driving under the influence of psychoactive substances.

The main groups of medicines contraindicated to drivers are the following:

• tranquillizers: those medicines that cause drowsiness, reduce the ability to concentrate and diminish physical and mental performance;
• antidepressants: those medicines that sometimes cause irritability, diminish the capacity for effort and the state of concentration;
• sedatives: those medicines that cause drowsiness and reduce muscle coordination due to weakness occurring at their level;
• analgesics: those medicines that manifest through psychomotor agitation or states of euphoria.

For answer  B 

The driver of a vehicle is obliged to appear on the date, at the police unit that summoned him, for solving any issue related to his status as driver. Failure to comply with this obligation is sanctioned with the fine provided in class IV of sanctions.

For answer  C 

The driver of a motor vehicle, of an agricultural or forestry tractor or tram is not obliged to notify the nearest police unit if he has fallen ill. However, the family doctor of the driver of a motor vehicle, of an agricultural or forestry tractor or tram, recorded or cared for by him, when he discovers that he suffers from a disease that does not allow the driving of a motor vehicle, established by the Annex of Order 1162/2010, is obliged to issue a referral ticket to an authorized medical care unit, with the diagnoses found or, as the case may be, to communicate to the traffic police in whose territorial area he carries out his activity the name, surname and personal numerical code of the respective person.

The correct answer is: B

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For answer  A 

Criminal Code*** - Article 336

Driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substances
(1) Driving on public roads of a vehicle for which the law requires holding a driving licence by a person who has a blood alcohol concentration of over 0.80 g/l pure alcohol in the blood is punished with imprisonment from one to 5 years or with a fine.
(2) With the same penalty is sanctioned the person, under the influence of psychoactive substances, who drives a vehicle for which the law requires holding a driving licence.
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For answer  B 

OUG* - Article 102

(1) Constitute contraventions and are sanctioned with the fine provided in class IV of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
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25. the unjustified nonappearance, within the established term, at the traffic police unit to which they were invited for solving any issue related to the status of traffic participant or of owner or user of a vehicle;
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For answer  C 

OUG* - Article 22

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(6) Any doctor, when he finds that a driver of a motor vehicle, of an agricultural or forestry tractor or tram, recorded or cared for by him, presents medical conditions provided in the order of the Minister of Health issued according to paragraph (2), is obliged to issue a referral ticket to an authorized medical care unit provided in paragraph (4), with the diagnoses found and with the contact data of the medical unit in which the referring doctor carries out his activity and to record this in the medical file of the driver. The referral ticket shall be communicated to the driver, immediately, by any means of communication provided by Law no. 134/2010 regarding the Code of Civil Procedure, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. Based on the referral ticket, within 3 working days from its communication, the person who holds a driving licence is obliged to appear at the authorized medical care unit to perform the specialized medical examination.
(6^1) In the case in which the authorized medical care unit, following the performance of the necessary specialized examination, establishes that the person who holds a driving licence is medically unfit to drive a motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or tram, it is obliged, within one day from the date of the finding, to communicate the result of the examination to the traffic police in whose territorial area the unit carries out its activity, to the referring doctor, as well as to the person declared medically unfit to drive a motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or tram. In the case in which the person who holds a driving licence is declared medically fit, the authorized medical care unit communicates, within 15 days from the finding, the result of the examination to the referring doctor.
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(6^3) In the case in which, within 30 days from the date of communication of the referral ticket under the conditions of paragraph (6), the referring doctor is not informed by the authorized medical care unit regarding the result of the examination, he is obliged to communicate immediately to the traffic police in whose territorial area he carries out his activity this information, as well as the name, surname and personal numerical code or, as the case may be, the unique identification code of the person recorded or cared for by him.
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Traffic Code)
*** Criminal Code = CRIMINAL CODE of July 17, 2009 updated (LAW no. 286/2009)