About Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank: which statement is WRONG?
- Only competent and recognisably identifiable officials, marechaussee, customs officers or traffic controllers are binding.
- Road users must stop when an escort of a rail vehicle shows a stop signal with sign F10, a red flag or a red lamp — this competence is separate from the police.
- Instructions take precedence over traffic signs and traffic rules, including a green traffic light.
- ✓ A traffic warden (verkeersbrigadier) may make you stop anywhere on the road, not just at a crossing point for children.
Correct answer: A traffic warden (verkeersbrigadier) may make you stop anywhere on the road, not just at a crossing point for children.
Explanation
Drivers must stop for the stop instruction of traffic wardens who help children cross — the competence is tied to that specific role, not general
Why learners get this wrong
- Only competent and recognisably identifiable officials, marechaussee, customs officers or traffic controllers are binding
- Road users must stop when an escort of a rail vehicle shows a stop signal with sign F10, a red flag or a red lamp — this competence is separate from the police
- Instructions take precedence over traffic signs and traffic rules, including a green traffic light
Topic: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
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Signs
- Stop
F10