Where do you find information on the permitted number of persons that can be transported in a passenger car?
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Correct answer
A. In the vehicle registration card.
Explanation
The illustration shows driver and vehicle documents: a driving licence, an identity card and a vehicle registration certificate. You will find information on the permitted number of people carried in a passenger car in the vehicle registration certificate - answer A. The driving licence (B) concerns the driver, and the third-party liability insurance (OC) contract (C) concerns liability for damage.
The Road Traffic Act states that people may be carried only in a vehicle designed or adapted for this purpose, and the number of people carried must not exceed the number of seats stated in the vehicle registration certificate. In the certificate, the number of seats is entered in box S.1, and the number of standing places, if any, in box S.2; in a typical passenger car this is 5 seats including the driver. This number comes from the type approval - that is how many seats there are with seat belts and child seat anchorage points. Carrying six people in a five-seater car is a petty offence, and above all it means there is no seat belt for the sixth person, who in a collision will become a projectile for the others. A child counts like any other person, regardless of age. You do not have to carry the certificate with you, but it is worth knowing what it says.
Legal basis: Art. 63 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)