Topic: Vehicle lights and horn · Nº 18 / 839

¿Está permitido hacer sonar la bocina para avisar a otro conductor de que un semáforo ha cambiado de rojo a verde?

Are you allowed to sound the horn to tell another driver that a traffic light has changed from red to green?

  • ANo, nunca.No, never.
  • BSí, pero solamente en vías interurbanas.Yes, but only on roads outside built-up areas.
  • CSí, en vías urbanas.Yes, in built-up areas.
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Correct answer

  • ANo, nunca.No, never.
Explanation

The horn may only be used to avoid an accident or to warn others that we are driving our vehicle on an emergency call. Outside built-up areas, it may also be used to warn the vehicle in front that we want to overtake it.

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