Did the driver properly secure the car before leaving it?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, after stopping the car, the driver takes the key out of the ignition, pulls up the parking brake lever and gets out, checking the surroundings. He has secured the vehicle properly: he has kept it from moving with the brake and taken the key, so that no unauthorised person can start it. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver, while parked, to secure the vehicle against being started by an unauthorised person and to take other precautions needed to avoid an accident, and it also prohibits moving away from the vehicle while the engine is running. The key in your pocket and the parking brake on are the minimum; on a slope you also put the car in gear (first gear uphill, reverse downhill) and turn the wheels towards the kerb, and when getting out, you make sure that you will not open the door into the path of an approaching vehicle. Finally, you lock the car.
Legal basis: Art. 46 para. 5 and Art. 60 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)