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GENERAL Learning Environment Category B (B, B1)
Question 159 of 1208

When the traffic police officer is with the back to the vehicle which is approaching and with the left arm extended horizontally, the driver of this must:

A to continue moving, because the stop signal is not addressed to him;
B to change the direction of travel to the left;
C to stop, because the signal is addressed to him.
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Explanation

The left arm of the traffic police officer extended horizontally signifies stop for all participants in traffic whose initial direction of travel is intersected by his arm, more exactly for those who come from the front of the traffic police officer. In the given situation, the traffic police officer being oriented with the back towards the vehicle which is approaching, this one can continue its movement because the stop signal is not addressed to him. At this signal those who travel from the front of the traffic police officer will stop.

The correct answer is: A


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Reference articles

Regulation** - Article 88

(1) The signals of the police officer who directs the traffic have the following meanings:
[...]
b) the arm or the arms extended horizontally signify “stop” for all participants in traffic who, regardless of their direction of travel, travel from the direction or directions intersected by the arm or the arms extended. After giving this signal, the police officer can lower the arm or the arms, the position meaning, also, “stop” for the participants in traffic who come from the front or from the back;
[...]


** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (The regulation of the road traffic code)

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