If your truck breaks down and is immobilized on the shoulder of a road outside a built-up area in broad daylight, is it mandatory to put on the reflective vest?

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The General Traffic Regulations (Article 118(4)) oblige the drivers of motor vehicles intended for the transport of goods, such as trucks, to use a high-visibility reflective vest, which is part of the mandatory equipment of the vehicle, when they get out of it and occupy the roadway or the shoulder of an interurban road. This requirement is not conditioned by the time of day or by weather conditions: it applies both by day and by night. It is therefore false that it is only required at night, and also that daylight or good visibility make it unnecessary.

If your truck breaks down and is immobilized on the shoulder of a road outside a built-up area in broad daylight, is it mandatory to put on the reflective vest?

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