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GENERAL Learning Environment Category B (B, B1)
Question 649 of 1208

If you remain broken down in a tunnel:

A stop the operation of the engine;
B the engine must operate in order to be able to use the hazard warning lights;
C lock the motor vehicle and move away from it.
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Explanation

In the event that you remain broken down with the motor vehicle in a tunnel, you are obliged to stop the operation of the engine, to activate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles at a distance of at least 30 meters in front of and behind the motor vehicle, so that they can be noticed in time by the road users who approach.

The correct answer is: A


Recommendations:
Obligations and prohibitions in case of technical breakdown - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Obligations and prohibitions in case of technical breakdown or when towing vehicles
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
The obligations and prohibitions of drivers of vehicles during driving - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Obligations, prohibitions and aggressive driving

Reference articles

Regulation** - Article 141

[...]
(3) In the event of the involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, its driver is obliged to stop the operation of the engine.
[...]
(7) Stopping or waiting is not permitted in tunnels. In emergency or danger situations, the driver of the motor vehicle is allowed stopping or waiting 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.
[...]

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 activate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles.
(2) The reflective triangles are installed in front and behind the vehicle, on the same traffic lane, at a distance of at least 30 m from it, so that they can be noticed in time by the road users who approach. In the urban area, when the traffic is heavy, the reflective triangles may be placed at a smaller distance or even on the vehicle, so that they can be noticed in time by the other drivers of vehicles.
[...]

Regulation** - Article 114

[...]
(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 road users;
c) when the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor or the tram is towed.
[...]
(6) In the situations provided for in paragraph (5), the drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors and trams must activate the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and when this maneuver is required by the blocking of the traffic on the direction of travel.


** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)

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