How many persons, including yourself, can you transport when you drive a passenger car?
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Correct answer
C. As many persons as the number of seats specified on the registration card.
Explanation
In the photo you can see the interior of a passenger car: two front seats with headrests and seat belts. In a private passenger car you may carry at most as many people, including yourself, as the number of seats entered in the vehicle registration certificate - answer C. The rules do not allow any extra child above this number, either up to 3 years old (A) or up to 7 years old (B).
The Road Traffic Act states that the number of people carried must not exceed the number of seats specified in the vehicle registration certificate, and it prohibits the driver from carrying a passenger in a way that does not comply with this rule. Every person, including a baby, counts towards the seat limit - what matters is the number in the certificate, not how many people you can physically squeeze in. In a typical passenger car, the vehicle registration certificate states 5 seats - the driver plus four passengers; you must not take a sixth person, even a small child on someone's lap.
Legal basis: Art. 63 para. 1 and Art. 45 para. 2 point 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)