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For answer  A 

Answer C is incorrect, because the immediate stopping, on the shoulder or, in its absence, as close as possible to the edge of the road or to the curb of the sidewalk, in the direction of travel, is obligatory at the special red-colour light warning signals, together with the sound ones. In the present case the question refers to the motor vehicles which have in operation the blue-colour special light warning devices, together with the sound ones.

For answer  B 

The traffic legislation does not expressly impose on the drivers of vehicles only to clear the traffic lane when approaching and when passing the motor vehicles with priority traffic regime that have in operation the special blue-colour light warning devices. In these cases, the obligation is not limited only to clearing the traffic lane on which the motor vehicle with priority regime is located, but it imposes the obligation to reduce the speed, to drive as close as possible to the edge of the road and to give priority. Therefore, answer B cannot be correct.

For answer  C 

The special blue-colour light warning signals, together with the sound ones, oblige you to give priority, and in order to give priority you must reduce the driving speed and drive as close as possible to the edge of the road, in the direction of travel, more precisely as close as possible to the curb or to the shoulder on the right side.

If, to give priority, it is also necessary to stop, you must do it. A good example would be the intersections in which it is necessary to stop in order to be able to give priority to these motor vehicles with priority traffic regime.

It must be known that these motor vehicles with priority traffic regime are allowed to use the light signals without being accompanied by the sound ones, depending on the nature of the mission or on the traffic conditions, a situation in which the respective motor vehicle does not have priority traffic regime. But the reverse situation, to use only the sound signals without being accompanied by the light ones, is not allowed to them.

The correct answer is: C

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For answer  A 

OUG* - Article 32

(1) The special light warning signals are emitted intermittently by the lighting devices mounted on motor vehicles and have the following meanings:
a) the red light obliges the traffic participants to stop in the direction of travel as close as possible to the edge of the road;
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(2) Are authorized to use special light warning signals:
a) for the red light - the motor vehicles belonging to the police and firefighters;
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OUG* - Article 37

(1) The drivers of vehicles are obliged to stop immediately, on the shoulder or, in its absence, as close as possible to the edge of the road or the curb of the sidewalk, in the direction of travel, when approaching and when passing the motor vehicles with priority traffic regime which have in operation the special red-colour light warning devices and the sound ones.
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For answer  B 

OUG* - Article 37

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(2) The drivers of vehicles are obliged to reduce the speed, to drive as close as possible to the edge of the road in the direction of travel and to give priority when passing the motor vehicles with priority traffic regime which have in operation the special blue-colour light warning devices and the sound ones.
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For answer  C 

OUG* - Article 32

(1) The special light warning signals are emitted intermittently by the lighting devices mounted on motor vehicles and have the following meanings:
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b) the blue light obliges the traffic participants to give priority;
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(2) Are authorized to use special light warning signals:
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b) for the blue light - the motor vehicles belonging to the police, the gendarmerie, the border police, the Romanian Customs Authority, the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, the ambulance or forensic medicine service, the civil protection, the public Salvamont and Salvaspeo services organized by the county councils and local councils, the Ministry of National Defence which accompany military columns, the special units of the Romanian Intelligence Service and of the Protection and Guard Service, the National Administration of Penitentiaries within the Ministry of Justice, as well as the service motor vehicles of the prosecutors from the Public Ministry, when they move in intervention actions or in missions which have emergency character;
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(3) The motor vehicles provided at paragraph (2) letters a) and b) must also be equipped with special sound warning devices.
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OUG* - Article 37

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(2) The drivers of vehicles are obliged to reduce the speed, to drive as close as possible to the edge of the road in the direction of travel and to give priority when passing the motor vehicles with priority traffic regime which have in operation the special blue-colour light warning devices and the sound ones.
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Regulation** - Article 130

The driver of a vehicle who approaches the entrance into an intersection, simultaneously with a motor vehicle with priority traffic regime which has in operation the light and sound signals, has the obligation to give it priority.

* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Code Regulation)