What's the minimum distance between moving motorcycle columns?
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Correct answer
C. 500 m.
Explanation
In the photo you can see a column of motorcycles - a group of motorcyclists in helmets riding side by side along a cobbled street, with an ambulance visible behind. The minimum distance between moving columns of motorcycles is 500 m - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act states that the distance between moving columns must not be less than 500 m for columns of motor vehicles and 200 m for columns of other vehicles. A motorcycle is a motor vehicle - it is a power-driven vehicle whose design allows it to go faster than 25 km/h - so the first number applies to it. The same article limits the number of motorcycles in one column to 10. The 500 m gap is meant to leave other drivers room to overtake the column safely and return to their lane between one group and the next; 200 m applies, for example, to columns of bicycles. Riding in a column does not exempt you from any rules - each motorcyclist is responsible for their own following distance, speed and signalling of manoeuvres, and an organised parade does not have right of way at a junction.
Legal basis: Art. 32 para. 1 point 1, para. 2 and 4 and Art. 2 point 33 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)