What is a police officer entitled to during traffic control?
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Correct answer
A. To establish the identity of the vehicle's driver based on data from the National Identification Register.
Explanation
The question is about the powers of a police officer during a road traffic check. The police officer is authorised to establish the identity of the driver on the basis of data from the Register of Identity Cards (Rejestr Dowodów Osobistych) - answer A.
The Road Traffic Act lists the powers of a police officer checking traffic, and among them are establishing the identity of the driver of a vehicle on the basis of data from the Register of Identity Cards and checking the required documents. That is why the driver does not have to carry a Polish driving licence or the vehicle registration certificate - the police officer will see the data in the registers. Demanding to see a Polish driving licence (answer B) has no legal basis, because there is no obligation to carry it. The same applies to the third-party liability insurance (OC) document for a vehicle registered in Poland (answer C) - the insurance is checked in the database, and this document can be demanded from the driver of a vehicle registered abroad.
Legal basis: Art. 129 para. 2 point 1a and 2 and Art. 38 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)