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In addition to 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 National Defence. The latter can perform, in addition to 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 reducing of the speed, as well as the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increasing of the speed of movement of the vehicles, including the speeding up of the crossing of the road by pedestrians. The failure to comply with these signals is sanctioned with a fine provided in the class II of sanctions.

It is not mandatory to stop at the signals of the drivers of vehicles turning right or of the drivers of the vehicles moving from the opposite direction.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

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

Class 2 contraventions - Audio-Video Lesson --> Class II contraventions; License suspension 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 National Defence;
c) the railway agents, at the level crossings;
d) the authorized personnel in the area of the works on the public roads;
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(2) The persons provided in paragraph (1) letters a)-d) can also perform the following signals: (We draw attention that between letters “a)-d)” there is a hyphen. This hyphen replaces 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 reducing of the speed;
b) the brisk rotation of the arm, which signifies the increasing 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 class II of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
1. the failure to comply with the signals of the border police officers in the 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 = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Regulation of the Road Code)