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

On the motorway the circulation of vehicles equipped with a trailer is permitted, but on the condition that the respective combination can exceed the speed of 50 km/h. For example, if a car equipped with a trailer can travel at a speed greater than 50 km/h, its circulation on the motorway is permitted.

We must take into account the fact that the maximum speed at which motor vehicles equipped with a trailer can move outside the urban area (implicitly also on the motorway) is 10 km/h lower than the maximum permitted speed. Thus the cars, more precisely the motor vehicles from category B, will travel on the motorway with a maximum of 120 km/h.

To travel with the car equipped with a trailer on the motorway it is NOT necessary an authorization from the traffic police officer. The special authorization from answer C is obtained from the administrator of the public road and is necessary only in certain specific cases, such as when the respective combination of vehicles is not permitted to travel on the motorway normally.

The correct answer is: B

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OUG* - Article 74

(1) On motorways or on express roads is prohibited the circulation of pedestrians, of motor vehicles with exceeded gauges or masses, without special transport authorization issued by the administrator of the public road, according to the regulations in force, of animal-drawn vehicles, of animals, of vehicles pulled or pushed by hand, of bicycles, electric scooters and mopeds, of agricultural or forestry tractors and of self-propelled machines for agricultural works, as well as of vehicles which, by construction or from other causes, cannot exceed the speed of 50 km/h.
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OUG* - Article 50

(1) The maximum permitted speeds outside the urban area for the categories of motor vehicles provided in annex no. 1 are the following:
a) 130 km/h on motorways, 120 km/h on express roads, 100 km/h on European national roads (E) and 90 km/h on the other categories of roads, for motor vehicles from categories A and B;
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(2) The maximum permitted speed outside the urban area for motor vehicles that tow trailers or semi-trailers is 10 km/h lower than the maximum permitted speed for the category to which the towing motor vehicle belongs.
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* OUG = EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Code)