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For answer  A 

Regardless of whether the tunnel is or is not properly illuminated, upon entering it you are NOT required to honk. This is not prohibited, but neither does it help in this case. The means of audible warning are used to avoid an immediate danger.

For answer  B 

When you enter a tunnel you are obliged to turn on the dipped headlights, regardless of whether it is or is not properly illuminated and regardless of whether you drive during the daytime or at night.

Although the road traffic legislation has been updated and at this moment it is mandatory that when driving during the daytime, on all categories of public road, you drive having in operation the dipped headlights (low beam) or the daytime running lights (DRL), the answer to this question remains still correct and in accordance with the legislation.

To better understand this rule we give the following example: A driver of a motor vehicle drives during the daytime, in normal conditions, a case in which he has the obligation to operate either the dipped headlights (that is the low beam), or the daytime running lights (DRL), as he considers, or he can even use both at the same time. However, if he drives through a tunnel, the option to choose to operate the daytime running lights (DRL) instead of the dipped headlights (low beam) NO longer applies because the road traffic legislation provides that in this case it is mandatory to use the dipped headlights (low beam), without leaving the option to use the daytime running lights (DRL) instead of the dipped headlights.

More information about the obligation to drive also during the daytime with the dipped headlights or with the daytime running lights operating can be found here - The obligation to use the dipped headlights (low beam) or the DRL lights during the daytime.

For answer  C 

Regardless of whether the tunnel is or is not properly illuminated, it is NOT necessary to turn on the intermittent warning light, more precisely the hazard warning lights. When it comes to driving through tunnels, the hazard warning lights will be used in the situation in which you remain broken down in them, with the obligation to stop the functioning of the engine and to install the reflective triangles.

The correct answer is: B

Recommendations:

The correct use of the lighting and signalling system - Audio-Video Lesson --> The Road Traffic Code - The technical condition of vehicles and the lighting and luminous signalling system

The obligations and prohibitions of drivers of vehicles during the movement - Audio-Video Lesson --> The Road Traffic Code - Obligations, prohibitions and aggressive driving

For answer  A 

The road traffic legislation does not provide anything in this regard.

For answer  B 

Regulation** - Article 114

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(7) When driving through a tunnel the driver of the vehicle is obliged to use the dipped headlights.

OUG* - Article 44

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(2) In driving on all categories of public roads the drivers of motor vehicles and agricultural or forestry tractors are obliged to use also during the daytime the dipped headlights or the daytime running lights. (Paragraph (2) was amended and updated on www.scoalarutiera.ro on 16-06-2023)
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For answer  C 

Regulation** - Article 141

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(3) In the case of involuntary immobilisation of the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, the driver of it is obliged to stop the functioning of the engine.
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(7) Stopping or waiting in tunnels is not permitted. In situations of emergency or danger the driver of the motor vehicle is permitted to stop or to wait only in the specially designated places and properly signalled. In case of prolonged immobilisation of the motor vehicle in the tunnel, the driver of the vehicle is obliged to stop the engine.
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Regulation** - Article 156

(1) If a motor vehicle or a trailer has remained broken down on the carriageway of the road and cannot be moved outside it, the driver of the motor vehicle is obliged to operate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles.
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Regulation** - Article 114

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(5) The hazard warning lights are used in the following situations:
a) when the vehicle is involuntarily immobilised on the carriageway;
b) when the vehicle moves very slowly and/or constitutes itself a danger for the other participants in traffic;
c) when the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor or the tram is towed.
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(6) In the situations provided in paragraph (5), the drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors and trams must operate the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and in the case in which this maneuver is required by the blocking of the traffic on the direction of travel.
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)