Can you perform a reverse manoeuvre on a motorway if you turn on the vehicle's hazard lights?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo, you are driving on a motorway marked with D-9 signs on both sides of the roadway, behind a lorry, approaching a flyover. You are not allowed to reverse on a motorway, even after switching on the hazard warning lights. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits reversing a vehicle on a motorway and on an expressway, and also in a tunnel, on a bridge and on a flyover. Hazard warning lights are used to warn of danger, for example of a vehicle at a standstill, but they do not lift the ban and do not protect you from being hit by a car driving at 140 km/h. The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign D-9 marks the beginning or continuation of a motorway. If you have missed your exit, you drive on to the next interchange; a dozen or so extra kilometres is cheaper than an accident.
Legal basis: Art. 23 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 48 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals