Which of the control lights visible in the illustration upon lighting up, requires you to stop immediately and rectify the fault?
Show the correct answer
Correct answer
B. B.
Explanation
The illustration shows three warning lights: A - orange letters ABS in a circle, B - a red oil can with a drop, C - an orange fuel pump. When light B comes on, showing that the oil pressure is too low, you must stop immediately and fix the fault - answer B. The ABS warning light (A) allows you to drive carefully to a garage, because the normal brakes still work, and the fuel reserve light (C) only tells you to look for a petrol station.
The colour of the light tells you how urgent the problem is: red means danger and the need to react immediately, orange - a fault or a warning with which you can carefully continue driving. The red oil can comes on when the oil pressure in the engine drops - because the oil level is too low, the pump is damaged or the filter is blocked. Without pressure, the oil does not reach the crankshaft bearings and the camshafts; metal rubs against metal and the engine can seize within a few minutes. That is why you pull over in a safe place, switch off the engine, check the oil level with the dipstick and top it up; if this does not help, you call for roadside assistance. The Road Traffic Act requires a vehicle to be maintained in such a way that using it does not endanger safety.
Legal basis: Art. 66 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)