What factors may obstruct a truck driver's field of vision?
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Correct answer
B. Flashing lights with the name of the driver placed on the windscreen.
Explanation
In the photo, you can see the inside of the driver's cab: the steering wheel, the dashboard and the tachograph. The driver's field of view may be restricted by glowing LEDs with the driver's name placed on the windscreen - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act requires a vehicle taking part in traffic to be built, equipped and maintained so that it gives the driver a sufficient field of view and easy, comfortable and reliable use of the devices for steering, braking, signalling and lighting the road while watching the road at the same time. Signs, LEDs, curtains and gadgets on the windscreen cover part of the road, and at night they also reflect in the glass and dazzle - in a lorry, whose mirrors and windows already leave large blind spots, every such item increases the risk. A correctly adjusted steering column (answer A) improves visibility and comfort, and advertisements on the sides of the vehicle (answer C) do not block anything for the driver - the only rule for such markings is that they must not cover the lights and number plates.
Legal basis: Art. 66 para. 1 point 5 and Art. 60 para. 1 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)