The service brake, meaning the normal foot brake, is not used to secure a car so that it does not move on a slope.
If you bring the gear selector lever to “neutral”, meaning “taken out of gear”, the running mechanism (the wheels + the transmission) will no longer be “linked” to the engine and thus the car will be able to move on the slope.
For the car not to move on a slope, it is obligatory to secure it using the gear selector, this is done by engaging the gear lever in a lower gear, for example first gear, but also by applying the parking brake. The parking brake (also called the hand brake or auxiliary brake) immobilizes the car by locking the wheels.
But in the case in which the car is involuntarily immobilized on a slope or on an ascent, besides the obligations listed above, it must have the steering wheels turned. Turning the steering wheels refers to the maximum turning of the wheels.
The correct answer is: C
The road legislation does not provide anything in this regard.
The road legislation does not provide anything in this regard.
Regulation** - Article 141
(1) The drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors immobilized on public roads, who move away from them, are obliged to apply the auxiliary brake, to stop the engine from running and to engage in a lower gear or in the parking gear if the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor has automatic transmission.
(2) In the case of the involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor on a slope or on an ascent, besides the obligations provided in paragraph (1) the driver must turn the steering wheels.
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** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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