What is the validity period of a driving licence retention receipt issued by a police officer for transporting two passengers in excess of the number of seats specified in the passenger car registration document?

The question is about the validity of the receipt issued after a driving licence is retained for carrying two people more than the number of seats in the registration certificate of a passenger car. The receipt entitles you to drive for 24 hours - answer B.

The Road Traffic Act states that a receipt for the retention of a driving licence because of exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area, or because of carrying more people than the number of seats, entitles you to drive a vehicle for 24 hours from the moment of retention. The period is the same as for retention for excessive speed, because both cases are covered by the same provision of the Act - unlike retention because a document has expired or because of a suspected crime, where the receipt is valid for 7 days. Answers A and C give numbers that are not in the rules. The 24 hours are for getting to your destination and parking the car; after that the starost (head of the district authority) retains the driving licence for 3 months. It is worth adding that the Act provides a tolerance and does not apply retention when the excess of passengers in a passenger car does not exceed 2 people - the question, however, assumes that the document has been retained, and asks only about the validity of the receipt.

Legal basis: Art. 135 para. 1 point 2 letter b, para. 2, 4 and 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)