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GENERAL Learning Environment Category C (C, C1)
Question 308 of 533

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

A to stop the engine and to activate the hazard warning lights;
B to tow the truck to the exit of the underground passage;
C to immediately notify the firefighters about the place where he is located.

Explanation

For answer  A 

If you break down with the motor vehicle in a tunnel, you are obliged 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 are not obliged 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


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Reference articles

For answer  A 

Regulation** - Article 141

[...]
(3) In the case of involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, the driver is obliged to stop the engine.
[...]
(7) Stopping or waiting in tunnels is not permitted. In emergency or danger situations, the driver of the motor vehicle is permitted to stop or wait only in the specially designated and properly signalled places. In case of prolonged immobilization of the motor vehicle in the 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 outside 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 for the other traffic participants;
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 the case of a breakdown of a motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or its trailer, the driver of the combination is obliged to take it immediately outside the carriageway or, if this is not possible, to move it next to the curb or the shoulder, placing it parallel to the axis of the road and taking measures to remedy the deficiencies or, as the case may be, to tow it.
[...]


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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