The obligation to give priority applies only to pedestrians who are crossing on your direction of travel, not to pedestrians who are on the opposite direction of travel.
Considering that you have the obligation to give them priority, you are strictly prohibited from squeezing yourself among them, it would be a case of failure to give priority.
You have the obligation to give priority to the pedestrian who is crossing the public road, through a specially designated place, marked and properly signalled or at the green colour of the traffic light intended for him, when he is on your direction of travel.
The correct answer is: C
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 pedestrian crossings without traffic lights, signalled by signs and markings, when the public road has at most one lane per direction, and pedestrians on the sidewalk, in the immediate vicinity of the carriageway, intend to start crossing;
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Regulation** - Article 135
The driver of the vehicle is obliged to give priority also in the following situations:
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h) to the pedestrian who is crossing the public road, through a specially designated place, marked and properly signalled 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 a contravention and is sanctioned with the fine provided in the third class of sanctions and with the application of the complementary contravention sanction of suspension of the driving right for a period of 60 days the committing by the driver of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or tram of the following acts:
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e) failure to give priority to pedestrians engaged in the regular crossing of the public road through 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 = 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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