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GENERAL Learning Environment Category B (B, B1)
Question 167 of 1208

What obligation does the driver of a motor vehicle immobilized in an underground passage have?

A to stop the engine and activate the hazard lights;
B to tow the vehicle until exiting the underground passage;
C to immediately notify the firefighters about the location.
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Explanation

For answer  A 

If you break down with the motor vehicle in a tunnel, you have the obligation to stop the engine, to activate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles at least 30 meters before and after the motor vehicle.


For answer  B  and  C 

You do not have the obligation to tow the motor vehicle to the exit of the underground passage nor to notify the firefighters, they will be notified only for extrication or in case of fire, through the emergency service 112.


The correct answer is: A


Recommendations:
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Reference articles

For answer  A 

Regulation** - Article 141

[...]
(3) In case of involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, the driver of this is obliged to stop the engine.
[...]
(7) Stopping or waiting in tunnels is not allowed. In emergency or danger situations the driver of the motor vehicle is allowed to stop or wait only in specially designated and properly signalled places. In case of prolonged immobilization of the motor vehicle in a tunnel, the driver of the vehicle is obliged to stop the engine.
[...]

Regulation** - Article 156

(1) If a motor vehicle or a trailer has broken down on the carriageway of the road and cannot be moved off it, the driver of the motor vehicle is obliged to activate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles.
[...]

Regulation** - Article 114

[...]
(5) The hazard warning lights are used in the following situations:
a) when the vehicle is involuntarily immobilized on the carriageway;
b) when the vehicle moves very slowly and/or constitutes a danger itself for the other road users;
c) when the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor or the tram is towed.
[...]
(6) In the situations provided in paragraph (5), the drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors and trams must activate the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and when this maneuver is required by the blocking of traffic on the direction of travel.


For answer  B 

Regulation** - Article 155

(1) In case of breakdown of a motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or its trailer, the driver of the combination is obliged to immediately move it off the carriageway or, if this is not possible, to move it next to the curb or shoulder, placing it parallel to the axis of the road and taking measures to remedy the deficiencies or, as appropriate, for towing.
[...]


For answer  C 

The road legislation does not provide anything in this regard.


** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)

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