ESENRU

Topic: Carrying passengers and loads · Nº 407 / 574

¿Está permitido dejar mercancías en la calzada durante las operaciones de carga y descarga?

Is it allowed to leave goods on the carriageway while loading and unloading?

  • ANo en la calzada; sí en los arcenes y en las zonas peatonales.Not on the carriageway; yes on the hard shoulder and in pedestrian areas.
  • BNo.No.
  • CSí.Yes.
Show answer

Correct answer

  • BNo.No.
Explanation

Article 16 of the General Traffic Regulations requires loading and unloading to be done off the road and, when it is unavoidable to do it on the road, expressly prohibits putting the goods down on the carriageway, the hard shoulder or pedestrian areas.

The rule · Real Decreto 1428/2003, de 21 de noviembre, Reglamento General de Circulación (RGC) · art. 16.cQueda prohibido depositar la mercancía en la calzada, arcén y zonas peatonales.Read the full rule

Independent app: not affiliated with or endorsed by the DGT (Spain's Directorate-General for Traffic) or the Ministry of the Interior. The official exam is booked with the DGT and taken at its test centres. The questions here are practice material; the DGT's official question bank is not public.