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In Poland, vehicle owners have specific legal obligations including maintaining valid registration, carrying mandatory third-party liability insurance (OC - odpowiedzialnosc cywilna), and ensuring the vehicle passes regular technical inspections (przeglad techniczny). Drivers must also carry specific documents. Understanding these administrative requirements is tested on the exam.
Why This Category Matters on the Exam
Administrative and document-related questions appear in 1-3 exam questions. While they may seem mundane compared to road safety questions, they test essential legal knowledge. Getting these wrong reveals unfamiliarity with Polish motoring law. The specific documents required and insurance obligations differ from other countries, so attention to Polish specifics is needed.
Common Mistakes and Tips
Since 2018, Polish drivers are no longer required to carry the physical vehicle registration document (dowod rejestracyjny) while driving, as police can verify registration electronically. However, you must still carry your driving license. Third-party insurance (OC) is mandatory and must be maintained continuously, even if the vehicle is not being used. Driving without OC results in severe fines from the Insurance Guarantee Fund (UFG). The vehicle must pass technical inspection (przeglad) annually for vehicles over 5 years old, and the first inspection is due 3 years after initial registration. Many candidates confuse OC (mandatory liability insurance) with AC (voluntary comprehensive insurance). The vehicle owner is responsible for ensuring any driver using their vehicle has appropriate insurance coverage. If you buy a used car, the existing OC policy transfers to you, but you may cancel it within the notification period.
What category driving license should you have when driving a four-wheeled vehicle other than a light one?
A: B1.
What obligation do you have as the owner of a passenger car?
A: Submitting the vehicle to regular technical inspections.
When should you conduct a periodic technical check-up of a passenger car?
C: Before the lapse of a deadline specified on the registration card of the car.
Can you drive a passenger car if you hold an expired driving licence?
C: No.
In what circumstances must you carry out an additional technical check-up of a passenger car?
B: If so directed by a traffic control authority.
What should the owner of a passenger car do if one of the registration plates of the car is lost?
C: Apply for an issue of a legalized duplicate of the registration plate.
Where should you perform periodic technical inspections of a vehicle?
C: At a local or regional vehicle inspection station.
Can you drive the proper motor vehicle for a B1-category driving licence if it is expired?
C: No.
In what circumstances must you conduct an additional technical check-up of a four-wheeled motor vehicle having a curb weight of 500 kg?
B: If so directed by a traffic control authority.
Which of the following concentration of alcohol in blood is a value forbidding one to drive a motor vehicle with a curb weight of 500 kg?
A: 0.2 ‰.
Where should you perform the periodic check-up of a motor vehicle with a curb weight of up to 550 kg?
C: In the basic or district vehicle control station.
Which of the following vehicles can you drive if you have a B1-category driving licence?
B: A four-wheeled vehicle (microcar, quad).
Which of the following vehicles can you drive if you have a B1-category driving licence?
B: A motorbike.
When do you have to carry out a periodic technical check-up of a passenger car?
C: Before the lapse of the deadline indicated in the registration card of the car.
As the owner of a vehicle, are you obliged to indicate at the request of an authorised body to whom you entrusted the vehicle for driving or use at a specific time?
B: Yes, unless the vehicle was used contrary to your will and without your knowledge by an unknown person, which you could not prevent.
Are you allowed to drive a vehicle with an invisible number plate?
C: No, this is prohibited.
Are you allowed to stick onto a vehicle an identification mark of any state other than the one in which the vehicle was registered?
C: No, this is prohibited.
Using the vehicle in a a manner that causes discomfort associated with excessive emissions to the environment or excessive noise is:
B: prohibited.
Can an international driving licence be issued for a period longer than 3 years?
C: No.
Are allowed to drive, if your driving licence is invalid?
C: No.
You are a holder of driving licence - cat. B. Are you entitled to drive an agricultural tractor beyond the borders of the State?
C: No.
You are a driving licence - cat. B holder for at least three years. Are you permitted to ride a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity not greater than 125 cm3?
A: Yes.
Does the driving licence - cat. B entitle you to drive a combination vehicle consisting of a passenger car and trailer, which the total gross vehicle weight rating does not exceed 3.5 tons?
C: Yes.
Should you apply to the Provincial governor to obtain an international driving licence?
A: No, such driving licence is issued by the Starost.
Where do you find information on the permitted number of persons that can be transported in a passenger car?
A: In the vehicle registration card.
Does the driving licence - cat. B entitle you to ride a moped or a light 4-wheel vehicle?
B: Yes.
Are you allowed to park on the marked parking areas for disabled people, if your parking ticket expired?
C: No.
Carrying a child in a rearward-facing safety seat mounted on the front seat of a motor vehicle equipped with a passenger airbag is:
C: permitted if the airbag is disabled during transport.
Child safety seats and other child restraints must be installed in the vehicle:
C: according to the recommendations of the device manufacturer.
A police officer will retain a driver's licence subject to a receipt upon detection of an act of:
B: driving at a speed exceeding the permitted speed by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area.
The starost will issue an administrative decision to withhold a driving license where a driver has exceeded the speed limit by:
A: more than 50 km/h in a built-up area.
Where a driver has exceeded the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area, the starost shall issue an administrative decision to withhold the driving licence for:
C: 3 months.
The document certifying that a vehicle is approved for traffic is:
A: registration document.
Under what circumstances can you carry a third child, under 135 cm in height, in the rear seat of a car or truck, restrained only by seat belts?
A: If two children are transported in safety seats and it is impossible to install a third seat and the third child is over 3 years old.
When is it permitted to carry a child under 150 cm tall in the front seat of a lorry, only restrained by means of seat belts?
C: If the child has a medical certificate indicating that it is cannot be transported in a safety seat.
Which of these documents must the driver of a vehicle registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland carry and present at the request of an authorised body?
C: If the driver has a driving licence limited to a vehicle fitted with an alcohol interlock, a certificate of satisfactory technical examination in this regard.
When inspecting a vehicle that performs road transport, does a road transport inspector have the right to verify the vehicle data in the Central Register of Vehicles?
A: Yes, they have the same rights as the police in this respect.
Who can give back the registration document if it is retained during a traffic control, on the grounds that the vehicle is a danger to traffic order?
A: A body authorised to carry out technical tests following a technical examination appropriate to the reason for the retention of the registration document.
For how long will the driving licence of a driver who has exceeded the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area be retained?
A: For 3 months.
For how long does a driving licence retention receipt for exceeding the speed limit in a built-up area by more than 50 km/h entitle one to drive?
A: For a period of 24 hours from the moment the licence is withheld.
In what circumstance will the driving licence not be withheld for exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area?
A: If the driver of the vehicle has committed an infringement in order to ward off an imminent danger to an asset protected by law.
What is the penalty for a lorry driver carrying three persons more than the number of seats stated on the vehicle's registration document?
A: Retention of driving licence for 3 months.
Are tram drivers subject to the same permissible blood alcohol content level as other drivers?
A: Yes
Can a tram driver prior to commencing work take a medicine, in which the leaflet contains the following entry "during the treatment period, do not drive"?
B: No
Should the tram driver prior to commencing work, make sure that the medicine he is taking has no contraindications to driving vehicles?
A: Yes
Is driving a tram under the influence of substances with a similar effect as alcohol prohibited?
A: Yes
Can fatigue induce effects similar to those of alcohol, such as impaired concentration and prolonged reaction time?
A: Yes
Is a tram driver allowed to drive after consuming alcohol (e.g. after drinking one beer), if he feels good?
B: No
Does the use of tranquilisers or painkillers affect the driver?
B: Yes, it may lead to deterioration in the ability to drive.
What may be the consequences if a driver suffering from diabetes does not control their blood sugar level?
A: Sudden loss of consciousness.
Can the use of amphetamine increase the driver's inclination to risky and aggressive behavior?
A: Yes
Can the use of sedatives or sleeping pills affect the way of driving a tram?
A: Yes
Can alcohol consumed induce changes in a tram driver's field of vision?
A: Yes
Do psychoactive substances affect the ability to safely drive a tram, even by an experienced tram driver?
A: Yes
Can you in any circumstances, drive a tram after taking a drug prescribed by a doctor?
B: No
Intending to drive a tram after taking medication, should you make sure that they do not have a negative impact on your psychophysical state?
A: Yes
Can you drive a light quadricycle after using soft drugs such as marijuana?
B: No
Is it always prohibited to drive a moped under the influence of alcohol or substances of similar effect to alcohol?
A: Yes
Does alcohol induce excessive self-confidence in a moped driver, which leads to bravado on the road as well as impairs distance assessment and increases reaction time?
A: Yes
Does consumption of alcohol by a driver impair the ability to correctly assess risks on the road when driving a quadricycle?
A: Yes
Should you refrain from driving a moped if you have taken medication of which you have no knowledge or information about how it affects the body and safe driving?
A: Yes
Within what time limit is an application for the registration of a motorcycle required to be submitted to the starost following its acquisition within the territory of the Republic of Poland?
B: 30 days.
If a person has driven a motor vehicle despite an administrative decision suspending their driving licence and extending the suspension period to six months, the starost shall issue an administrative decision on:
C: Revoke the driving entitlement for a period of 5 years from the date of establishing that fact.
What decision will the starost make if you are stopped for inspection while driving a vehicle despite the extension of the driving licence suspension period to six months for exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h in a built-up area?
C: Revoke the driving entitlement for a period of 5 years from the date of establishment of that fact.
What decision will the starost make if you are stopped for inspection while driving a vehicle despite the extension of the driving licence suspension period to six months for carrying, in a passenger car, a number of persons exceeding by two the number of seats specified in the vehicle registration certificate?
C: Revoke the driving entitlement for a period of 5 years from the date of establishment of that fact.