Questions regarding some of the answers to the multiple-choice questions on safety knowledge [Daily Question 20090309]
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Dear sea friends, the multiple-choice questions on safety knowledge for this issue 【Daily Question 20090309】 are published and managed by the Unregretful moderator. The answer to the fourth question, which was released at the end, is as follows: 4. Vehicles traveling in the same lane should maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead of them, enough to allow for emergency braking. Overtaking is prohibited in any of the following circumstances (ABC). A. The vehicle ahead is turning, reversing, or overtaking. B. There is a possibility of collision with an oncoming vehicle. C. The vehicle ahead is a police car, fire truck, ambulance, or emergency vehicle on a mission. D. Passing through railway crossings, intersections, crosswalks, or areas with heavy traffic in urban areas where overtaking is possible. My answer to this question during the activity was as follows: 4. For motor vehicles traveling in the same lane, the vehicle behind should maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead that is sufficient to allow for emergency braking. Overtaking is prohibited in any of the following circumstances (AB). A. The vehicle ahead is turning, reversing, or overtaking. B. There is a possibility of collision with an oncoming vehicle. C. The vehicle ahead is a police car, fire truck, ambulance, or emergency rescue vehicle on a mission. D. Passing through railway crossings, intersections, crosswalks, or areas with heavy traffic in urban areas where overtaking is possible. Article 43 of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China: Vehicles traveling in the same lane shall maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead that is sufficient to allow for emergency braking. Overtaking is not permitted under any of the following circumstances: (1) The vehicle in front is turning left, making a U-turn, or overtaking ； (II) When there is a possibility of meeting oncoming traffic ； (III) When the vehicle in front is a police car, fire truck, ambulance, or emergency rescue vehicle on an urgent mission ； (IV) Passing through railway grade crossings, intersections, narrow bridges, curves, steep slopes, tunnels, crosswalks, and sections of roads with heavy traffic in urban areas where overtaking is not possible. From the above, it can be seen that the focus of the contradiction in the answer lies in whether vehicles such as police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and emergency rescue vehicles that are on mission are prohibited from overtaking, or whether this prohibition applies only to police cars and other vehicles engaged in emergency tasks Dear sea friends, please share your opinions freely and talk about what you think!
I think what the moderator said is correct, as this question appears in the registration exam for safety engineers. Moreover, there isn’t much difference between regular tasks and emergency tasks; besides, an alarm is definitely activated when carrying out a task, so it’s impossible to tell whether it’s an emergency task. In any case, overtaking is not allowed. Please don’t over-analyze the text.
Excuse me, idle users on the 2nd floor – even police cars on patrol aren’t allowed to overtake? Do police cars on patrol turn on their sirens? If carrying out tasks and performing emergency missions are the same thing, then why does Article 43 of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China stipulate that vehicles in front, which are police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, or emergency rescue vehicles on an emergency mission, must not be overtaken? This post was last edited by lyhh9024 on 2009-3-10 15:21.]
How can we tell which of the aforementioned vehicles are on a mission? It can only be determined by whether its warning lights are on; under no circumstances should those lights be turned on when there is no task at hand. If it has its police lights on, it means it is on a mission or an emergency task, and we need to let
There are several different scenarios in which tasks can be carried out; therefore, the concepts of carrying out emergency tasks and ordinary tasks should not be confused. When it comes to written documents such as laws, regulations, systems, and standards, we must pay close attention to the details and allow no room for carelessness. In practice, one can only rely on their own judgment when it comes to the two.
One last question: do police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and emergency service vehicles have to turn on their sirens whenever they are on a mission?
Whether police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, or emergency service vehicles are on a mission or whether that mission is urgent, no one checks or monitors whether they have their warning lights on. Therefore, as a general rule, as long as those vehicles have their warning lights on or sirens sounding, ordinary vehicles are not allowed to overtake them. :lol :handshake