At a primary school in Zwolle a traffic warden holds up his stop sign while a group of children crosses, and y

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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?

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False — 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. Book p.58-59.

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?

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