Are you allowed to transport people in a trailer pulled by a lorry?
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Correct answer
C. No, it is prohibited unless the persons are being carried by vehicles of certain services, e.g., the Police.
Explanation
The question is about carrying people in a trailer pulled by a lorry. This is prohibited, unless the people are being carried by vehicles of certain services, for example the Police - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits carrying people in a trailer and lists only four exceptions: children to schools and nurseries, and escorts, work teams and people doing loading work - but only in a trailer pulled by an agricultural tractor - and also people in the trailers of a tourist road train and children in a trailer behind a bicycle. A trailer behind a lorry is not on this list, so answers A and B are wrong; the exception for people doing loading work applies to an agricultural tractor and a speed of up to 20 km/h. A separate provision states that these rules do not apply to carrying people in vehicles of the Armed Forces, the Police, the Border Guard, the Prison Service and fire protection units - separate regulations set the conditions of carriage for them.
Legal basis: Art. 63 para. 3 and 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)