For which road traffic violation will a police officer withhold a driving licence?
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Correct answer
B. For transporting two passengers in excess of the number of seats specified in the passenger car registration document.
Explanation
The question is about an offence for which a police officer retains a driving licence on the spot. Of those listed, it is carrying more people than the number of seats stated in the registration certificate of a passenger car - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act states that a police officer will retain a driving licence issued in Poland, against a receipt, when they discover an act of driving a vehicle at a speed more than 50 km/h over the speed limit in a built-up area or on a single-carriageway two-way road outside a built-up area, or of carrying more people than the number of seats stated in the vehicle registration certificate or temporary permit. Overtaking in breach of a solid line (A) is a petty offence punished with a fine, but it does not lead to the retention of the driving licence; passing an oncoming vehicle on a level crossing (C) is not prohibited at all - the ban there concerns overtaking. The Act provides a margin: the rule does not apply if the excess in a passenger car does not exceed 2 people, and in a bus 5. So the question is imprecise, but B is the only answer from the list of cases for retaining a driving licence, and it is the one you choose in the exam.
Legal basis: Art. 135 para. 1 point 2 letter a and b and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)