Besides the obligation to stop at the signals of the traffic police officer, the participants in traffic are obliged to stop also at the signal of blind persons, a signal made by raising the white cane, when they are crossing the street. The obligation to stop at this signal is valid even in the places where there is no marking for pedestrian crossing. Failure to respect the meaning of this signal is sanctioned with a fine provided in the second class of sanctions.
The correct answer is: B
Road traffic legislation does not provide anything in this regard.
Regulation** - Article 89
(1) Stopping the participants in traffic is mandatory also at the signals given by:
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e) blind persons, by raising the white cane, when they are crossing the street;
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OUG* - Article 100
(1) Constitute contraventions and are sanctioned with the fine provided in the second class of sanctions the following acts committed by natural persons:
1. failure to respect 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 sections on which rehabilitation works of these are executed, as well as those of the school traffic patrols and of blind persons;
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Road traffic legislation does not provide anything in this regard.
* OUG = GOVERNMENT 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)
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