Are you obliged to indicate a break-down of a motor vehicle on the express road throughout the time the vehicle remains parked there?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a dual carriageway expressway between noise barriers, under a green flyover; in the distance you can see a lorry and direction boards. On an expressway you must signal that a broken-down vehicle is stationary for the whole time it stays there. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to signal that a power-driven vehicle is stationary because of a breakdown or an accident on a motorway or an expressway in every case - with the hazard warning lights (or sidelights) and a warning triangle placed 100 m behind the vehicle - and states that this signalling is required for the whole time the vehicle is stationary. So you must not switch off the lights or take away the triangle while the car is still there, even if you wait several hours for the breakdown service; when the battery is running down, the triangle is all the more important. You and your passengers wait behind the safety barrier, wearing reflective vests.
Legal basis: Art. 50 para. 1 point 1, para. 2 point 1 and para. 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)