Where on the road should you stop your vehicle, when you see in front of you injured persons, crashed vehicles and emergency services vehicles approaching them?
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Correct answer
B. In a place that provides an unobstructed access for the emergency services vehicles to the casualties and crashed vehicles.
Explanation
The question is about where you stop your vehicle when you see injured people, crashed vehicles and approaching emergency service vehicles. You stop so as to give the emergency service vehicles proper access to the injured people and the crashed vehicles - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to stop a vehicle only where this does not cause danger or obstruct traffic, and requires drivers to give way to emergency vehicles (with flashing blue lights and a siren). The ambulance, the fire brigade and the police need space to get as close as possible to the casualties, set up their equipment and leave for the hospital. A bus parked right next to the victims (answer A) or next to the crashed vehicles (answer C) may block their way and delay help by valuable minutes. So you stop at some distance, outside the area where the rescuers are working, turn on the hazard warning lights and only then, if you can help, do you go there on foot.
Legal basis: Art. 46 para. 1 and Art. 9 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)