Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category Tr

GENERAL Learning Environment Category Tr
Question 129 of 802

In an uncontrolled intersection, is the driver of a vehicle that tows a trailer obliged to give priority to passage to an ambulance, which is traveling from the left side, having in operation the special device with blue lights and the sound one?

A no, because in this case the right‑hand priority rule applies;
B no, because the ambulance is not part of the category of motor vehicles with priority regime;
C yes.
⚠️ WARNING! COPYRIGHT PROTECTION! Click for details! ⚠️

The materials available on Scoala Rutiera (texts, images, 3D animations, videos, audio files) are protected by copyright law and are provided to users for learning and personal preparation.

Sharing them with other people for study or personal educational purposes is allowed. However, using these materials for other purposes, such as publishing on other platforms, full or partial reproduction, modification intended to obscure the original work, commercial use, and similar actions, without the written consent of the authors, is prohibited and entails legal liability.

For the use of these materials for any purpose other than personal educational use, please contact us to obtain permission.

If a violation is identified, we reserve the right to take legal action to protect our intellectual property, including court actions, compensation claims, and/or other judicial measures.

Explanation

The motor vehicles that belong to the ambulance service are authorized to use the special warning signals with blue light as well as the specific sound ones. When you approach the entrance into an intersection simultaneously with a motor vehicle with priority traffic regime which has in operation the special warning means with blue light together with the specific sound signal, whether you tow or not a trailer, you are obliged to give priority to passage, whether this motor vehicle with priority traffic regime comes from a priority road or from a non‑priority road and whether the intersection is controlled or not.

The correct answer is: C


Recommendations:
Special warning signals, light or sound  - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Code - Special warning signals, light or sound

Reference articles

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:
[...]
b) the blue light obliges road users to give priority to passage;
[...]
(2) Are authorized to use special light warning signals:
[...]
b) for the blue light - the motor vehicles belonging to the police, gendarmerie, border police, the Romanian Customs Authority, the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, the ambulance or forensic medicine service, 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 prosecutors from the Public Ministry, when they travel in intervention actions or in missions which have an emergency character;
[...]
(3) The motor vehicles provided in paragraph (2) letters a) and b) must also be equipped with special sound warning means.
[...]

OUG* - Article 37

[...]
(2) The drivers of vehicles are obliged to reduce speed, to move as close as possible to the edge of the road in the direction of travel and to give priority at the passing of the motor vehicles with priority traffic regime which have in operation the special warning means with blue light and sound.
[...]

OUG* - Article 61

(1) Have priority traffic regime only the motor vehicles provided in art. 32 paragraph (2) letters a) and b), when they travel in intervention actions or in missions which have an emergency character. To have priority to passage, these motor vehicles must have in operation the light and sound signals.
[...]

Regulation** - Article 130

The driver of 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, is obliged to give priority to passage.


* 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)

0 Comments Leave a comment

Leave a comment

To leave a comment, you must be logged in! Go to the login or account register page

© Copyright Școala Rutieră 2026. All rights reserved.