Even if many stations for public transport vehicles are found near intersections, this must not be generalized.
When you overtake or when you pass by a bus intended for passenger transport stopped in a station, you must drive with attention because it is possible that some passengers get off and cross in front of the bus without making sure properly.
It must be known that the bus which is leaving, attention, only the one that is leaving and signals properly, from a station provided with a bay has priority ONLY over the vehicles that travel behind it, and if the road has several lanes in the same direction the bus has priority only over the vehicles that travel behind it on the first lane.
The correct answer is: B
The situation is not regulated by legal articles. It belongs to the basics and principles of preventive driving.
The situation is not regulated by legal articles. It belongs to the basics and principles of preventive driving.
It belongs to the basics and principles of preventive driving. The legal articles below are mentioned to clarify certain aspects from the explanation of answer C.
Regulation** - Article 131
(1) When approaching a station for public transport vehicles provided with a bay, from which the driver of such a vehicle signals the intention to exit, the driver of the vehicle that travels on the lane next to the shoulder or curb is obliged to reduce the speed and, if needed, to stop to allow it to re-enter the traffic.
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OUG* - Article 43
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(2) The driver of a vehicle that travels on the lane located next to the edge of the carriageway must give priority to the vehicles that perform public transport of persons only when their drivers signal the intention to re-enter the traffic from the stations provided with bays and have made sure that through their maneuver they do not endanger the safety of the other participants in traffic.
* 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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