What's the minimum distance between moving moped columns?
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Correct answer
A. 200 m.
Explanation
In the photo two riders on scooters are riding on a multi-lane roadway. The minimum distance between moving columns of mopeds is 200 m - answer A.
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 moped is not a motor vehicle, because the Act excludes it from the concept of a power-driven vehicle, so 200 m applies to columns of mopeds. The value of 500 m (answer C) applies to columns of cars, and 300 m (answer B) does not appear in the rules. The gap between columns lets other drivers overtake them in stages. There may be at most 10 mopeds in one column, and each rider is still responsible for obeying the rules.
Legal basis: Art. 32 para. 1 point 1, para. 2 and 4 and Art. 2 point 32, 33 and 46 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)