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¿Está permitido circular con un vehículo cuyas placas de matrícula presentan obstáculos que impiden o dificultan su lectura e identificación?
Are you allowed to drive a vehicle whose number plates have something on them that prevents or makes it difficult to read and identify them?
- ANo; el conductor debe verificar que las placas de matrícula se pueden leer correctamente.No; the driver must check that the number plates can be read correctly.
- BSí, siempre que la placa de matrícula delantera se pueda leer correctamente.Yes, as long as the front number plate can be read correctly.
- CSí, siempre que el vehículo solo circule por vías urbanas y travesías.Yes, as long as the vehicle is only used on urban roads and travesías (stretches of road through a town).
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Correct answer
- ANo; el conductor debe verificar que las placas de matrícula se pueden leer correctamente.No; the driver must check that the number plates can be read correctly.
Explanation
Number plates must always be kept visible and readable, because they identify the vehicle. Driving with them hidden or unreadable is forbidden, and the driver must check them before setting off.
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