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Intermittent honking, to warn the traffic participants behind the vehicle, is not recommended in such situations, some traffic participants might get scared.
The drivers of motor vehicles are obliged to use the lights for moving backwards when the vehicle is manoeuvred backwards. The signalling lights for moving backwards with which the motor vehicle is equipped are positioned at the back of the motor vehicle, these turn on automatically when the gear lever is engaged in the reverse gear. It is recommended, through the traffic regulation, the equipping of motor vehicles also with sound devices for signalling this manoeuvre.
The hazard warning lights do not constitute the signalling specific to the moving backwards.
The traffic regulation specifies that the hazard warning lights are to be used in the following situations:
The drivers of motor vehicles and trams must activate the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and in the case in which this manoeuvre is required by the blocking of traffic on the direction of travel.
Regulation** - Article 113
(1) The sound warning means must be used from a distance of at least 25 m from those they are addressed to, for a duration of time that ensures the perception of the signal and without determining them to manoeuvres that may endanger traffic safety.
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Regulation** - Article 114
(1) The drivers of motor vehicles and trams are obliged to use the lighting and/or signalling installations of these, as follows:
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f) the lights for moving backwards when the vehicle is manoeuvred backwards;
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Regulation** - Article 128
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(4) The moving backwards with the motor vehicle must be signalled with the special light or lights with which it is equipped. It is recommended the equipping of motor vehicles also with sound devices for signalling this manoeuvre.
Regulation** - Article 114
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(5) The hazard warning lights are used in the following situations:
a) when the vehicle is involuntarily immobilized 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 or tram is towed.
(6) In the situations provided in paragraph (5), the drivers of motor vehicles and trams must activate the hazard warning lights, successively, in the order of stopping and in the case in which this manoeuvre is required by the blocking of traffic on the direction of travel.
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** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Code Regulation)
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