What factors may obstruct the field of vision of a truck driver?
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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 a coach driver's position with a steering wheel, a dashboard and a wide windscreen. 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 to give the driver a sufficient field of view, and the Regulation on the technical conditions of vehicles requires the windscreen to give the driver full and clear visibility. Anything you stick or hang on the windscreen hides part of the road, and glowing LEDs also reflect in the glass and tire your eyes, especially at night. A correctly positioned steering column (answer A) actually helps you see the instruments and the road well. Advertisements on the sides of the body (answer C) are on the outside, behind the driver's position, and do not block the view from the driver's seat. That is why you place signs, mascots or small plates so that they do not block the windscreen and the mirrors.
Legal basis: Art. 66 para. 1 point 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 8 para. 5 point 1 of the Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure on the technical conditions of vehicles and the scope of their necessary equipment