The traffic police officer makes a signal with the left arm extended horizontally, this signal means stop for all traffic participants whose initial direction of travel intersects with his arm, more precisely for those who move from the front of the traffic police officer.
In this intersection in front of the traffic police officer the truck moves, it being obliged to stop because its initial direction of travel intersects with the extended arm of the traffic police officer.
The car and the motorcycle can continue their movement because the signal of the traffic police officer is not addressed to them.
The correct answer is: C
OUG* - Article 31
Traffic participants must respect the traffic rules, the signals, the indications and the orders of the traffic police officer, as well as the meaning of the different types of road signalling means, in the following order of priority:
a) the signals, the indications and the orders of the traffic police officer;
b) the special warning signals, light or sound, of the motor vehicles, provided in art. 32 paragraph (2) letter a) and b);
c) the temporary signalling and/or the electronic signs, which modify the normal conduct of the traffic;
d) the light or sound signals;
e) the signs;
f) the markings;
g) the traffic rules.
Regulation** - Article 88
(1) The signals of the police officer who directs the traffic have the following meanings:
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b) the arm or the arms extended horizontally mean "stop" for all traffic participants who, regardless of their direction of travel, move from the direction or the directions intersected by the extended arm or arms. After giving this signal, the police officer may lower the arm or the arms, his position also meaning "stop" for the traffic participants who come from the front or from the back;
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT 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)
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