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Topic: Traffic signs, markings and signals · Nº 944 / 1397

Los agentes de tráfico, ¿pueden hacer señales ópticas y acústicas?

Can traffic officers give visual and sound signals?

  • ANo, sólo pueden hacer señales acústicas.No, they can only give sound signals.
  • BNo, sólo pueden hacer señales ópticas.No, they can only give visual signals.
  • CSí, pueden hacer señales ópticas y acústicas.Yes, they can give visual and sound signals.
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Correct answer

  • CSí, pueden hacer señales ópticas y acústicas.Yes, they can give visual and sound signals.
Explanation

Officers can give visual signals, with their arm or with lights, and sound signals, with a whistle, to direct traffic. Their signals and orders must be obeyed immediately and take precedence over any other sign, according to the order of precedence in Article 133 of the General Traffic Regulations (RGC).

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