The driver who distances himself from the motor vehicle parked on the public road is obliged to operate the parking brake (the hand brake), to stop the functioning of the engine and to engage a lower gear (generally in first gear) or in the parking gear, if the motor vehicle has automatic transmission.
The signalling of the presence will be done with the position lights or parking lights, not with any light source, and only when it is immobilized on the carriageway outside the urban area, not in the urban area, from dusk until dawn. Considering that the type of light source (position or parking) and whether it is in the urban area or outside the urban area is not specified, answer B is not correct.
This obligation is not provided in the road traffic legislation. Therefore, answer C is not correct.
The correct answer is: A
Regulation** - Article 141
(1) The drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors immobilized on public roads, who distance themselves from them, are obliged to operate the parking brake, to stop the functioning of the engine and to engage a lower gear or the parking gear if the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor has automatic transmission.
(2) In the case of the involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor on a descent or on an ascent, besides the obligations provided in paragraph (1), the driver must steer the steering wheels.
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Regulation** - Article 114
(1) The drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors and trams are obliged to use their lighting and/or signalling systems as follows:
a) the position lights or parking lights during the immobilization of the vehicle on the carriageway outside the urban area, from dusk until dawn, during the day when it rains heavily, snows abundantly or there is dense fog or in other conditions that reduce visibility on the public road;
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The road traffic 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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