A police officer will retain a driver's licence subject to a receipt upon detection of an act of:
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Correct answer
B. driving at a speed exceeding the permitted speed by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area.
Explanation
The question is about the situation in which a police officer retains a driving licence on the spot, in exchange for a receipt. The officer does this on finding that a vehicle was driven at a speed exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act states that a police officer retains a driving licence issued in Poland, in exchange for a receipt, on finding an act of driving a vehicle at a speed exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area or on a single-carriageway two-way road outside a built-up area, and also of carrying more people than the number of seats in the vehicle registration certificate. The key words are "by more than 50 km/h": exceeding the limit by exactly 50 km/h, for example 100 km/h with a limit of 50, does not yet lead to the retention of the document, which is why answer A is wrong - at least 101 km/h is needed. Answer C is wrong because outside a built-up area the rule covers only single-carriageway two-way roads, not every road, and it also requires exceeding the limit by more than 50 km/h. The starost (head of the district authority) then issues a decision to retain the driving licence for 3 months.
Legal basis: Art. 135 para. 1 point 2 letter a and b of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 102 para. 1 point 4 and para. 1c of the Vehicle Drivers Act (ustawa o kierujących pojazdami)