The right arm of the traffic police officer extended horizontally means stop for all road users whose initial direction of travel intersects with his arm, more precisely for those who come from behind the traffic police officer. Those who come from in front of the traffic police officer may continue their travel because their initial direction of travel does not intersect with his right arm extended.
This signal of the traffic police officer although it will be encountered, as a rule, in intersections, can also be made in other places, not only in intersections. It must be taken into account that in the questions from the tests, when the place where the police officer is positioned is not specified, it is understood that he is positioned in the middle of the intersection.
The correct answer is: B
Regulation** - Article 88
(1) The signals of the police officer who directs the traffic have the following meanings:
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b) the arm or arms extended horizontally mean “stop” for all road users who, regardless of their direction of travel, move from the direction or directions intersected by the arm or arms extended. After giving this signal, the police officer may lower the arm or arms, the position meaning, as well, “stop” for the road users who come from in front or from behind;
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** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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