What distance from the preceding vehicle should you keep when driving a passenger car outside the built-up area in a tunnel 600 metres long?
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Correct answer
A. Not shorter than 50 metres.
Explanation
In a tunnel 600 m long outside a built-up area, in a passenger car you keep a distance of not less than 50 metres - answer A. The values 40 m (B) and 30 m (C) do not appear in the rules.
The Road Traffic Act states that outside built-up areas, in tunnels longer than 500 m, the driver of a vehicle with a maximum permissible mass of up to 3.5 t or of a bus keeps a distance from the vehicle in front of not less than 50 m, and the driver of a vehicle combination or another vehicle - 80 m; the traffic management authority may change these values with signs. In a tunnel there is no way to escape from the road, and a fire spreads extremely fast - the distance gives you time to brake and leaves space for the emergency services.
Legal basis: Art. 19 para. 4 and 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)