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

For answer  A 

It is not mandatory to obtain an authorization to drive on road sections covered with snow, ice or black ice.

For answer  B 

The driver of the motor vehicle is prohibited from driving the motor vehicle with the maximum authorized total mass greater than 3.5 tonnes on roads covered with snow, ice or black ice, without having chains or other certified anti-skid equipment mounted on the wheels, during the periods and on the roads established by order of the minister of transport, construction and tourism. These areas are generally signalled with the sign “Snow chains”.

The road traffic legislation sanctions driving the motor vehicle with a maximum authorized total mass greater than 3.5 tonnes on public roads covered with snow, ice or black ice, without winter tyres on the wheels of the drive axle/axles, or without chains or other certified anti-skid equipment mounted on the wheels of the drive axle/axles.
It is important to remember that this legal article leaves, as a choice, two options: either winter tyres on the wheels of the drive axle/axles, or chains or other certified anti-skid equipment applied on the summer tyres on the wheels of the drive axle/axles.
However, the sign “Snow chains” does not leave the option to choose between these two options, but obliges the fitting with snow chains, regardless of whether the tyres are summer or winter.

For answer  C 

Overtaking is not prohibited when driving on road sections covered with snow, ice or black ice, but it is recommended to perform it with reduced speed, with increased prudence and to respect the maximum speed limit of 30 km/h in the urban area or 50 km/h outside the urban area, speed limits imposed by the road legislation for situations in which the carriageway is covered with black ice, ice, packed snow, slush or wet cobblestones.

The correct answer is: B

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For answer  A 

The road traffic legislation does not provide anything in this regard.

For answer  B 

Regulation** - Article 148

Is prohibited the driver of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or tramway:
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14. to drive the motor vehicle with the maximum authorized total mass greater than 3.5 tonnes on roads covered with snow, ice or black ice, without having chains or other certified anti-skid equipment mounted on the wheels, during the periods and on the roads established by order of the minister of transport, construction and tourism;
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OUG* - Article 112

(1) The registration certificate or the registration proof or the replacement proof thereof is retained by the traffic police in the following cases:
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h^1) the motor vehicle is not equipped, when driving on public roads covered with snow, ice or black ice, with winter tyres, and the goods transport motor vehicle with a maximum authorized total mass greater than 3.5 tonnes and the passenger transport motor vehicle with more than 9 seats, including the driver’s seat, are not equipped with winter tyres on the wheels of the drive axle/axles or do not have chains or other certified anti-skid equipment mounted on these wheels;
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OUG* - Article 102

(1) Constitute contraventions and are sanctioned with the fine provided in the class IV of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
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28. driving the motor vehicle on public roads covered with snow, ice or black ice, without it being equipped with winter tyres, and in the case of the goods transport motor vehicle with a maximum authorized total mass greater than 3.5 tonnes and of the passenger transport motor vehicle with more than 9 seats, including the driver’s seat, without these being equipped with winter tyres on the wheels of the drive axle/axles or without having chains or other certified anti-skid equipment mounted on these wheels;
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For answer  C 

Regulation** - Article 123

The driver of the vehicle is obliged to drive with a speed that does not exceed 30 km/h in the urban area or 50 km/h outside the urban area, in the following situations:
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e) when the carriageway is covered with black ice, ice, packed snow, slush or wet cobblestones;
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* OUG = EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Regulation of the Road Traffic Code)