The arms of the traffic police officer extended horizontally signify stop for all the participants in traffic whose initial direction of movement intersects with his arms, more exactly for those who come from the front and from the back of the traffic police officer.
The correct answer is: B
OUG* - Article 31
The participants in traffic must respect the traffic rules, the signals, the indications and the dispositions of the traffic police officer, as well as the meaning of the different types of road signalling means, in the following order of priority:
a) the signals, the indications and the dispositions of the traffic police officer;
b) the special warning signals, light or sound, of the motor vehicles, provided in art. 32 paragraph (2) letter a) and b);
c) the temporary signalling and/or the electronic signs, which modify the normal course of the traffic;
d) the light or sound signals;
e) the signs;
f) the markings;
g) the traffic rules.
Regulation** - Article 88
(1) The signals of the police officer who directs the traffic have the following meanings:
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b) the arm or the arms extended horizontally signify "stop" for all the participants in traffic who, regardless of their direction of travel, move from the direction or the directions intersected by the arm or the arms extended. After giving this signal, the police officer can lower the arm or the arms, the position also meaning "stop" for the participants in traffic who come from the front or from the back;
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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)
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