How many passengers can you carry in a public transport bus?
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Correct answer
C. As many as specified by a note indicating the permitted number of seats and standing places.
Explanation
In the photo there is a yellow and red city bus with two wide doors on the right side. In a city public transport bus you carry as many passengers as stated on the sign showing the permitted number of seats and standing places - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act states that the number of people carried must not exceed the number of places stated in the vehicle registration certificate, and the Regulation on the technical conditions of vehicles requires a bus to have a sign showing the permitted number of seats and standing places. A city bus usually has more standing places than seats, and their number is calculated from the floor area and the mass that the vehicle can safely carry. Exceeding this number by 10 people (answer A) has no basis in the regulations, and the rule "as many as will fit" (answer B) risks overloading the bus, a longer braking distance and injuries to crowded passengers every time the bus brakes suddenly.
Legal basis: Art. 63 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 18 para. 1 point 12 of the Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure on the technical conditions of vehicles and the scope of their necessary equipment