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- 1. General provisions
- 2. Obligations and rights of motor vehicle drivers
- 3. Movement of vehicles with special signals
- 4. Obligations and rights of pedestrians
- 5. Obligations and rights of passengers
- 6. Requirements for cyclists
- 7. Requirements for persons driving animal-drawn vehicles and animal herders
- 8. Traffic regulation
- 9. Warning signals
- 10. Starting movement and changing direction
- 11. Positioning of vehicles on the road
- 12. Speed limits
- 13. Following distance, lateral clearance, oncoming traffic
- 14. Overtaking
- 15. Stopping and parking
- 16. Crossing intersections
- 17. Advantages of route transport vehicles
- 18. Crossing pedestrian crossings and vehicle stops
- 19. Use of external lighting devices
- 20. Movement through railway crossings
- 21. Passenger transportation
- 22. Cargo transportation
- 23. Towing and operation of vehicle trains
- 24. Driving instruction
- 25. Movement of vehicles in convoys
- 26. Movement in residential and pedestrian zones
- 27. Movement on highways and roads for automobiles
- 28. Movement on mountain roads and steep descents
- 29. International traffic
- 30. Number plates, identification signs, inscriptions and markings
- 31. Technical condition of vehicles and their equipment
- 32. Specific traffic issues requiring coordination
- 33.1. Warning signs
- 33.2. Priority signs
- 33.3. Prohibitory signs
- 33.4. Mandatory signs
- 33.5. Information and directional signs
- 33.6. Service signs
- 33.7. Supplementary plates for road signs
- 34.1. Horizontal road markings
- 34.2. Vertical road markings
9. Warning signals
| 9.1. | Warning signals include: a) signals given by direction indicators or by hand; b) sound signals; c) switching the headlight beam; d) switching on dipped headlights during daylight hours; e) switching on the hazard warning lights, brake signals, reverse lamp, and the road train identification sign; f) switching on an orange flashing beacon. |
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| 9.2. | The driver must give signals by the direction indicators of the appropriate direction: a) before starting off and stopping; b) before changing lanes, turning, or making a U-turn. |
| 9.3. | In the absence or malfunction of direction indicators, signals for starting from the right edge of the roadway, stopping on the left, turning left, making a U-turn, or changing to the lane on the left are given by the left arm extended sideways or by the right arm extended sideways and bent upward at the elbow at a right angle. Signals for starting from the left edge of the roadway, stopping on the right, turning right, or changing to the lane on the right are given by the right arm extended sideways or by the left arm extended sideways and bent upward at the elbow at a right angle. In the absence or malfunction of brake signals, such a signal is given by the left or right arm raised upward. |
| 9.4. | A signal by direction indicators or by hand must be given in advance before the maneuver begins (taking into account the speed of movement), but not less than 50-100 m in populated areas and 150-200 m outside them, and must be stopped immediately after the maneuver is completed (a hand signal should be ended immediately before the maneuver starts). A signal is prohibited if it may be incomprehensible to other road users. Giving a warning signal does not give the driver priority and does not release them from taking precautionary measures. |
| 9.5. | Sound signals in populated areas are prohibited, except in cases where it is impossible to prevent a road traffic accident without them. |
| 9.6. | To attract the attention of the driver of the vehicle being overtaken, switching the headlight beam may be used, and outside populated areas, a sound signal may also be used. |
| 9.7. | It is prohibited to use main-beam headlights as a warning signal in conditions where this may lead to dazzling other drivers, including through the rear-view mirror. |
| 9.8. | During the movement of motor vehicles in daylight hours, in order to mark a moving vehicle, dipped headlights must be switched on: a) in a convoy; b) on route vehicles moving in a lane marked by road sign 5.8, toward the general flow of traffic; c) on buses (minibuses) carrying organized groups of children; d) on heavy, oversized vehicles, agricultural machinery with a width exceeding 2.6 m, and vehicles carrying dangerous goods by road; e) on a towing vehicle; f) in tunnels. On all motor vehicles outside populated areas, daytime running lights must be switched on, and if they are not provided in the vehicle design, dipped headlights must be used instead. In conditions of insufficient visibility, main-beam headlights or, additionally, front fog lamps may be switched on on motor vehicles, provided this does not dazzle other drivers. |
| 9.9. | Hazard warning lights must be switched on: a) in the event of a forced stop on the road; b) when stopping at the request of a police officer or as a result of the driver being dazzled by headlights; c) on a motor vehicle moving with technical malfunctions, if such movement is not prohibited by these Rules; d) on a motor vehicle being towed; e) on a motor vehicle marked with the identification sign "Children" and carrying an organized group of children during their boarding or alighting; f) on all motor vehicles in a convoy during their stop on the road; g) in the event of a road traffic accident. |
| 9.10. | Together with switching on the hazard warning lights, a warning triangle or a flashing red lamp must be placed at a distance that ensures road safety, but not closer than 20 m from the vehicle in populated areas and 40 m outside them, in the event of: a) a road traffic accident; b) a forced stop in places where the road visibility is limited to less than 100 m in at least one direction. |
| 9.11. | If the vehicle is not equipped with hazard warning lights or they are malfunctioning, a warning triangle or a flashing red lamp must be placed: a) behind the vehicle referred to in paragraph 9.9 ("c", "d", "e") of these Rules; b) on the side of poorer visibility for other road users in the case specified in subparagraph "b" of paragraph 9.10 of these Rules. |
| 9.12. | The flashing red light emitted by a lamp used in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 9.10 and 9.11 of these Rules must be clearly visible both during the day in sunny weather and in conditions of insufficient visibility. |