While carrying passengers on a tourist bus you notice smoke coming out from the engine compartment. Which of the following actions should you take immediately after stopping the vehicle?
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Correct answer
C. Evacuate the people transported.
Explanation
The question is about a situation when smoke is coming out of the engine compartment of a coach while you are carrying passengers. After stopping the vehicle, you immediately evacuate the people being carried - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits using a vehicle in a way that endangers the safety of the people in it, and the Criminal Code punishes failure to help a person in danger. Smoke from the engine compartment signals a fire, which spreads very quickly in a coach, and toxic gases from plastic and upholstery kill faster than the flames. That is why you first get the people out, and only when everyone is safe may you try to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher (answer A) - trying to put it out before the evacuation wastes valuable seconds. Moving away from the bus (answer B) would mean abandoning the passengers you are responsible for. You direct them away from the vehicle and the roadway, and then you call the fire brigade on 112 or 998.
Legal basis: Art. 60 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code