Stop signRomania

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5. Stop sign

A stop sign requires drivers to bring their vehicle to a complete stop and give way before entering or crossing the road ahead. The stop must be made at the stop line or another legally prescribed position.

After stopping, the driver may continue only when this can be done safely and without interfering with traffic that has priority. The sign does not create priority for the driver who has stopped.

Stop sign
Stop sign in Giacăș. (Sibiu County, Romania)
Wikimedia.org • Țetcu Mircea Rareș • CC BY-SA
Must I stop completely at a stop sign in Romania?

Yes. Come to a complete stop when the applicable stop sign controls your approach, even when you cannot see another road user. Slowing to a crawl is not a stop. The stopping duty is separate from the duty to give way before continuing.

🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 31, 57–59; Regulation 64–66, 81, 129, 135

🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 64–66, 81, 129, 135

Stop and give way. Stop and give way.

English • Stop.

Română • Oprire.

Sources

🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • HG nr. 1391/2006 • anexa nr. 2 • B1 • Monitorul Oficial nr. 876/2006, p. 36

SVG source: Alex:D • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Original revision 2014-02-26. Wikimedia original unmodified.

Where must I stop at a stop-controlled junction in Romania?

Stop at the prescribed stop line. Where no line is provided, stop before entering the junction where you can check the conflicting traffic and comply with the sign’s yielding requirement.

🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 31, 57–59; Regulation 64–66, 81, 129, 135

🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 64–66, 81, 129, 135

Does stopping first give me priority at a stop sign in Romania?

A complete stop does not, by itself, give you priority. Give way to the road users entitled to pass under the junction’s signs and rules, check pedestrians and cyclists, and proceed only when the gap is safe. Do not follow another stopped vehicle through without satisfying your own stopping and yielding duties.

🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 31, 57–59; Regulation 64–66, 81, 129, 135

🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 64–66, 81, 129, 135

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