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Dispositivos de separación del tráfico. Indique la afirmación correcta:Traffic separation schemes. Choose the correct statement:
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Correct answer: c) When a vessel has to cross a traffic lane it will follow a heading as nearly as practicable at right angles to the general direction of traffic flow
Why it is correct
Rule 10 asks you to cross as nearly as practicable at right angles to the traffic flow.
Why the others are not
- a) You may join from the sides, at a small angle.
- b) They may use the lanes.
- d) Options a) and b) are false.
How to work it out in the exam
- Joining traffic: small angle. Crossing it: right angle.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2024 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 19 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2024 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 10
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 10
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