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

In addition to the obligation to stop at the signals of the traffic police officer, the traffic participants are obliged to stop also at the signals of the traffic guides of the Ministry of Defence. The latter may perform, in addition to the stopping signals, also the following signals: the swinging of the arm in the vertical plane, with the palm of the hand oriented towards the ground or with a means of signalling, which signifies the reduction of speed, as well as the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increase of the speed of movement of the vehicles, including the speeding up of the crossing of the road by pedestrians. Failure to respect their signals is sanctioned with a fine provided in the class II of sanctions.

It is not mandatory to stop at the signals given by the drivers of the ambulance vehicles or of the inspectors of the city hall. In the case of the drivers of the ambulance vehicles, this question does not refer to the special warning signals with blue colour light and sound, with which the vehicles belonging to the ambulance service are equipped.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

The signals of those authorized - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - The signals of the traffic police officer

Contraventions of class 2 - Audio-Video Lesson --> Contraventions class II; Licence suspension 30 days; Application of 3 penalty points

Regulation** - Article 89

(1) The stopping of the traffic participants is mandatory also at the signals given by:
a) the border police officers;
b) the traffic guides of the Ministry of Defence;
c) the railway agents, at level crossings;
d) the authorized personnel in the area of works on public roads;
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(2) The persons provided in paragraph (1) letters a)-d) may also perform the following signals: (We draw attention that between the letters “a)-d)” there is a hyphen. This hyphen replaces the letters b) and c), which means that the respective paragraph refers to the letters from a) to d), including also b) and c))
a) the swinging of the arm in the vertical plane, with the palm of the hand oriented towards the ground or with a means of signalling, which signifies the reduction of speed;
b) the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increase of the speed of movement of the vehicles, including the speeding up of the crossing of the road by pedestrians.

OUG* - Article 100

(1) Constitute contraventions and are sanctioned with the fine provided in the class II of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
1. the failure to respect the signals of the border police officers at the border crossing points of the state border of Romania, of the traffic guides of the Ministry of National Defence, of the fiscal bodies within the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, of the railway agents, of the persons designated for directing the traffic, on the road sectors on which rehabilitation works are carried out, as well as those of the school traffic patrols and of the blind persons;
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* OUG = 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)