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

Even in the case of a collision at a speed of 20 km/h injuries may be caused if the passengers or the driver of the vehicle are not wearing a seat belt, they may hit the hard parts of the vehicle (dashboard, windshield, steering wheel). The role of the seat belt is to protect the passenger or the driver of the vehicle against injuries. Being flexible, the seat belt slows down the speed with which you move straight ahead, preventing you from hitting the hard parts of the vehicle or, if you do hit them, the risk of injury is much lower.

It must be known that the persons occupying seats fitted with seat belts are obliged to wear them during travel.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

The obligations and prohibitions of drivers of vehicles during travel - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Obligations, prohibitions and aggressive driving

The rules that must be respected when transporting children - Audio-Video Lesson -->  Obligations and prohibitions regarding the transport of children

OUG* - Article 36

(1) The drivers of motor vehicles and agricultural or forestry tractors and the persons occupying seats fitted by construction with approved seat belts or safety devices must wear them during travel on public roads, except for the cases provided in the Regulation.
(1^1) The drivers of motor vehicles having seats fitted by construction with seat belts must inform the passengers regarding the legal obligation to wear them during travel on public roads.
(1^2) The drivers of motor vehicles having seats fitted by construction with seat belts have the obligation to make sure that, while driving the vehicle, minors wear the seat belts or are transported only in approved child restraint systems, under the conditions provided by the Regulation.
[...]

Regulation** - Article 97

[...]
(4) Are exempted from the obligation to wear the seat belt:
a) the drivers of cars while performing the maneuver of moving in reverse or who are waiting;
b) women visibly pregnant;
c) the drivers of cars who perform public passenger transport services, in taxi regime, when transporting passengers;
d) persons who have a medical certificate in which the condition that contraindicates the wearing of the seat belt is mentioned;
e) driving instructors, during the practical training of persons learning to drive a motor vehicle on public roads or the examiner within the competent authority during the practical tests of the examination for obtaining the driving license.
(5) The persons provided in paragraph (4) letter d) are obliged to have with them the medical certificate, in the content of which the validity period must be mentioned.
[...]

* 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)