Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category C (C, C1)

Besides the obligation to stop at the signals of the traffic police officer, the participants in traffic are obliged to stop also at the signals of the traffic guides of the Ministry of Defense. The latter can perform, besides the stop 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 these signals is sanctioned with a fine provided in the second class of sanctions.

It is not mandatory the stopping at the signals of the drivers of vehicles who turn right or of the drivers of the vehicles moving from the opposite direction.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

Signals of authorized persons - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Signals of the traffic police officer

Second class contraventions - Audio-Video Lesson --> Second class contraventions; Suspension of licence for 30 days; Application of 3 penalty points

Regulation** - Article 89

(1) The stopping of the participants in traffic is mandatory also at the signals given by:
a) the border police officers;
b) the traffic guides of the Ministry of Defense;
c) the railway agents, at the level crossings;
d) the authorized personnel from the area of the works on the public roads;
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(2) The persons provided in paragraph (1) letters a)-d) can perform also the following signals: (We draw attention that between the letters "a)-d)" there is a dash. This dash 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 second class of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
1. the failure to respect the signals of the border police officers in the border crossing points of the Romanian state, of the traffic guides of the Ministry of National Defense, 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 visually impaired 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 (Road Traffic Code Regulation)