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In the event that you remain in breakdown with the motor vehicle in a tunnel, you are obliged to stop the operation of the engine, to put into operation the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles at a distance of at least 30 meters in front of and behind the motor vehicle, so that they can be observed in time by the traffic participants who are approaching.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

Obligations and prohibitions in case of technical failure - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Obligations and prohibitions in case of technical failure or when towing vehicles

Correct use of the lighting and signalling system - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - The technical condition of vehicles and the lighting and luminous signalling system

Obligations and prohibitions of drivers of vehicles during movement - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Obligations, prohibitions and aggressive driving

Regulation** - Article 141

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(3) In the case of the involuntary immobilization of the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, the driver of this is obliged to stop the operation of the engine.
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(7) Stopping or waiting in tunnels is not permitted. In emergency or danger situations the driver of the motor vehicle is permitted stopping or waiting only in the specially designated places and appropriately signalled. In case of prolonged immobilization of the motor vehicle in the tunnel, the driver of the vehicle is obliged to stop the engine.
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Regulation** - Article 156

(1) If a motor vehicle or a trailer has remained in breakdown on the carriageway of the road and cannot be moved outside of it, the driver of the motor vehicle is obliged to put into operation the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles.
(2) The reflective triangles are installed in front of and behind the vehicle, on the same traffic lane, at a distance of at least 30 m from it, so that they can be observed in time by the traffic participants who are approaching. In urban areas, when the traffic is heavy, the reflective triangles may be placed at a smaller distance or even on the vehicle, so that they can be observed in time by the other drivers of vehicles.
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Regulation** - Article 114

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(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 itself a danger for the other traffic participants;
c) when the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor or the tram is towed.
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(6) In the situations provided in paragraph (5), the drivers of motor vehicles, agricultural or forestry tractors and trams must put into operation the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and in case this maneuver is required by the blocking of the traffic on the direction of travel.

** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)