When are you required to mark a load that protrudes beyond the front surface of the extreme outline of a lorry?
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Correct answer
A. Always.
Explanation
The question is about marking a load that sticks out beyond the front outline of a lorry. You always mark such a load - answer A.
The Road Traffic Act states that a load sticking out beyond the front or side outline of a vehicle should be marked, and this obligation also applies to a load sticking out at the back by more than 0.5 m. So at the front and at the side there is no tolerance at all - what counts is the fact that the load sticks out, not the number of centimetres, which is why the answers with limits of 0.5 m and 1 m are wrong. Limits appear elsewhere: a load must not stick out at the front more than 0.5 m beyond the front outline and more than 1.5 m from the driver's seat, and at the back more than 2 m. At the front, a load is marked with an orange flag or with two white and two red stripes, and during poor visibility also with a white light.
Legal basis: Art. 61 para. 6 point 3, para. 8 and para. 9 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)