What is the permissible speed limit for a quadricycle in a built-up area?
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A. 50 km/h regardless of its gross vehicle weight rating.
Explanation
The question is about the speed limit for a quadricycle in a built-up area. It is 50 km/h regardless of its maximum permissible mass - answer A.
The Road Traffic Act states that the speed limit for a vehicle or vehicle combination in a built-up area is 50 km/h - without dividing vehicles into types. A quadricycle, that is a motor vehicle designed to carry persons or goods, excluding a passenger car, a lorry and a motorcycle, with an unladen mass of up to 400 kg when carrying persons or 550 kg when carrying goods, is subject to the same limit as all other vehicles in town. Answer B introduces a mass threshold of 3.5 t, which does not apply to quadricycles at all, because they are light vehicles; answer C, 20 km/h, is the limit in a residential area, not in a built-up area. The Act provides for an exception only when a child up to 7 years old is carried on a quadricycle, motorcycle or moped - then the limit is 40 km/h. Outside built-up areas, a quadricycle is subject to the limits for "other vehicles": 70 or 80 km/h.
Legal basis: Art. 20 para. 1, para. 3 point 2 and para. 6 point 3 and Art. 2 point 42b and 42c of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)