At a primary school in Zwolle a traffic warden holds up his stop sign while a group of children crosses, and you stop. Your passenger says: 'A warden like that may also stop cars elsewhere in town, just like the police.' Is that true?

Explanation

False — you turn the warden into a general traffic officer. A traffic warden may make drivers stop to help children cross; that power belongs to that task and does not apply everywhere, as it does for the police.

Why learners get this wrong

• Wrong: you turn the warden into a general traffic officer. A traffic warden may make drivers stop to help children cross; that power belongs to that task and does not apply everywhere, as it does for the police.

Topic: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank

Read the rule: Core: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank

Sections

• Challenge: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• The model: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• Core: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• Why it matters: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• Active recall: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• Teach back: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank
• Memory hook: Instructions from competent persons: who, and what rank

Terms

• Instructions from an authorised controller override everything
• Bord f10 stop
• Regelaar begeleider railvoertuig
• Regelaar bevoegde ambtenaren
• Regelaar politie stopteken
• Regelaar verkeersbrigadier kinderen

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