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At pedestrian crossings you have the obligation to give priority of passing to the pedestrian who crosses the public road, through a specially designated place, marked and signalled accordingly, or at the green colour of the traffic light intended for him when he is on your direction of travel.

For example:

• if the pedestrian is in the crossing of your direction of travel, you have the obligation to give him priority of passing;
• if the pedestrian has already crossed your direction of travel and is in the crossing of the opposite direction of travel, you do not have the obligation to give him priority, as long as he is not in crossing on your direction of travel;
• if the pedestrian intends to cross starting from the opposite direction of travel, you do not have the obligation to give him priority, as long as he is not in crossing on your direction of travel.

However, we want to emphasize that in the case of the pedestrian who crosses starting from the opposite direction of travel, if he were so close that he could reach your direction of travel before you pass the pedestrian marking, you have the obligation to give him priority.

More information about the obligations the driver of the vehicle has at the pedestrian crossing, depending on its type and on the number of lanes per direction, can be found here ->> The pedestrian crossing and the obligations of pedestrians.

The correct answer is: C

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Regulation** - Article 123

The driver of the vehicle is obliged to drive with a speed that does not exceed 30 km/h in the urban area or 50 km/h outside the urban area, in the following situations:
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h) at unsignalized pedestrian crossings, signalled by signs and markings, when the public road has at most one lane per direction, and the pedestrians on the sidewalk, in the immediate proximity of the carriageway, intend to engage in crossing;
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Regulation** - Article 135

The driver of the vehicle is obliged to give priority of passing also in the following situations:
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h) to the pedestrian who crosses the public road, through a specially designated place, marked and signalled accordingly or at the green colour of the traffic light intended for him, when he is on the direction of travel of the vehicle.

OUG* - Article 101

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(3) Constitutes contravention and is sanctioned with the fine provided in class III of sanctions and with the application of the complementary contraventional sanction of suspending the right to drive for a period of 60 days the perpetration by the driver of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or tram of the following acts:
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e) the failure to give the priority of passing to pedestrians engaged in the lawful crossing of the public road through the specially designated and signalled places, who are on the direction of travel of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or tram;
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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)