Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category B (B, B1)

For answer  A 

Regardless of whether the tunnel is or is not properly illuminated, when entering it you are NOT required to honk. This is not prohibited, but it does not help in this case. Audible warning means are used to avoid an immediate danger.

For answer  B 

When you enter a tunnel you are obliged to switch on the low‑beam headlights, regardless of whether it is or is not properly illuminated and regardless of whether you drive during the day or at night.

Although traffic legislation has been updated and at this moment it is mandatory that during daytime driving on all categories of public roads the low‑beam headlights (short beam) or the daytime running lights (DRL) be used, the answer to this question remains correct and according to the legislation.

To understand this rule better, we give the following example: A driver of a motor vehicle drives during the daytime, in normal conditions, in which case he is obliged to put into operation either the low‑beam headlights (that is the short beam), or the daytime running lights (DRL), as he considers, or may even use both at the same time. But if he drives through a tunnel, the option to choose to use the daytime running lights (DRL) instead of the low‑beam headlights (short beam) is no longer valid because traffic legislation provides that in this case it is mandatory to use the low‑beam headlights (short beam), without leaving the option to use the daytime running lights (DRL) instead of the low‑beam headlights.

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

For answer  C 

Regardless of whether the tunnel is or is not properly illuminated, it is NOT necessary to switch on the intermittent warning light, more exactly 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 engine and to install the reflective triangles.

The correct answer is: B

Recommendations:

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

Obligations and prohibitions of the drivers of vehicles while driving - Audio‑Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Obligations, prohibitions and aggressive driving

For answer  A 

Traffic legislation does not provide anything in this respect.

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 low‑beam 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 low‑beam 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 the involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, its driver 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 and properly signalled places. In case of prolonged immobilization 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 put into operation 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 immobilized 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, agricultural or forestry tractor or 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 put into operation the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and in the case in which this manoeuvre is required by the blocking of 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)