What maximum speed can you ride a moped past this sign, if you’re transporting a five-year-old child?
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Correct answer
A. 20 km/h.
Explanation
In the photo, at the entrance to a street with a pedestrian crossing, there is sign D-40 "residential area". Beyond this sign you may ride a moped with a five-year-old child at a speed of no more than 20 km/h - answer A.
When carrying a child up to 7 years old, as a rule you may ride a moped at no more than 40 km/h. In a residential area, however, the speed limit for every vehicle is 20 km/h, and the 40 km/h rule applies subject to this limit - so you choose the lower value. Answers B (30 km/h) and C (40 km/h) exceed the limit of the residential area. In a residential area a pedestrian uses the whole width of the road and has right of way over vehicles, and children up to 7 years old may move around there without supervision, so you ride in a way that lets you stop at any moment. Parking there is allowed only in designated places.
Legal basis: Art. 20 para. 2 and para. 6 point 3 and Art. 11 para. 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 58 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals