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For answer  A 

Regardless of whether the tunnel is or is not properly illuminated, upon entering it you DO NOT need to honk. This is not prohibited, but neither does it help in this case. The sound warning means are used to avoid an immediate danger.

For answer  B 

When you enter a tunnel you are obliged to turn on the dipped-beam headlights, regardless of whether it is or is not properly illuminated and regardless of whether you are driving during the daytime or at night.

Although the road traffic legislation has been updated and at this moment it is mandatory that when driving during the daytime on all categories of public road you drive having in operation the dipped-beam headlights (low beam) or the daytime running lights (DRL), the answer to this question remains still correct and in compliance with the legislation.

To understand this rule better we give the following example: A driver of a motor vehicle drives during the daytime in normal conditions, in which case he has the obligation to operate either the dipped-beam headlights (that is the low beam), or the daytime running lights (DRL), as he considers, or he may even use them both at the same time. But if he is driving through a tunnel, the option of choosing to operate the daytime running lights (DRL) instead of the dipped-beam headlights (low beam) NO longer applies because the road traffic legislation provides that in this case it is mandatory to use the dipped-beam headlights (low beam), without leaving the option of using the daytime running lights (DRL) instead of the dipped-beam headlights.

You can find more information about the obligation to drive also during the daytime with the dipped-beam headlights or with the daytime running lights in operation here - Obligation to use the dipped-beam headlights (low beam) or the DRL lights during the daytime.

For answer  C 

Regardless of whether the tunnel is or is not properly illuminated, it is NOT necessary to turn on the intermittent warning light, more precisely the hazard warning lights. When it comes to driving through tunnels, the hazard warning lights will be used in the situation in which you remain broken down in these, with the obligation to stop the operation of the engine and to install the reflective triangles.

The correct answer is: B

Recommendations:

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

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

For answer  A 

The road traffic legislation does not provide anything in this regard.

For answer  B 

Regulation** - Article 114

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(7) When driving through a tunnel the driver of the vehicle is obliged to use the dipped-beam headlights.

OUG* - Article 44

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(2) When driving on all categories of public roads the drivers of motor vehicles and agricultural or forestry tractors are obliged to use also during the daytime the dipped-beam headlights or the daytime running lights. (Paragraph (2) has been amended and updated on www.scoalarutiera.ro at 16-06-2023)
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For answer  C 

Regulation** - Article 141

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(3) In the case of the involuntary immobilisation of the motor vehicle, the agricultural or forestry tractor in underground passages or in tunnels, its driver 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 allowed to stop or wait only in the specially designated places and properly signalled. In the case of prolonged immobilisation 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 broken down on the carriageway of the road and cannot be moved off it, the driver of the motor vehicle is obliged to operate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles.
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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 immobilised 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 operate the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and in the case in which this maneuver is required by the blocking of the traffic on the direction of travel.
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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)