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Road Trafc Signs and Regulationsin the Netherlands
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Noe
This is an abridged popular version published or insrucional use. Due o abridging
and modicaion o he ex, no legal saus may be derived rom his documen.
The auhor acceps no liabiliy or he consequences o inerpreing he rules.
The complee 1990 Trafc Rules and Signs Regulaions (RVV 1990) can be viewed awww.weten.nl
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Road Trac Signs and Regulaionsin he Neherlands
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Summary o Conens
Road Trafc Act 1994 (WVW 1994)1 Trafc Conduct 6
1.1 Rules o Conduc 6
Trafc Regulations and Road Signs (RVV 1990)
2 Trafc Regulations 9
2.1 Road posiion 9
2.2 Overaking 11
2.3 Queues 12
2.4 Approaching road juncions 12
2.5 Giving prioriy 12
2.5a Level crossings 12
2.6 Cuting across miliary convoys 13
2.7 Turning 13
2.8 Speed limis 14
2.9 Waiing 18
2.10 Parking 18
2.11 Parking bicycles and mopeds 21
2.12 Signalling 21
2.13 Using lighs while driving 23
2.14 Using lighs while saionary 252.15 Special lighs 26
2.16 Moorways and main highways 28
2.17 Roads across recreaional areas 29
2.18 Roundabous 29
2.19 Pedesrians 30
2.20 Emergency vehicles 30
2.21 Sray livesock 312.22 Boarding and alighing passengers 31
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2.23 Towing 31
2.24 Special manoeuvres 32
2.25 Unnecessary noise 32
2.26 Warning riangles 322.26a Seas 33
2.27 Sea bels and child resrain sysems 34
2.28 Saey helmes 37
2.29 Child seas on bicycles and mopeds 39
2.30 Use o mobile elecommunicaions equipmen 39
2.31 Conveyance o persons in or on railers and in loading space 39
3 Road Signs 41
3.1 General provisions 41
3.2 Trac signs 42
3.3 Trac lighs 43
3.4 Road markings 46
4 Signals by authorised persons 48
4.1 Obligaions on he par o road users 48
4.2 Precedence o insrucions over rac signs and regulaions 49
5 Special Regulations or Disabled Drivers 50
5.1 Exempions or disabled drivers 50
5.2 Disabled parking badges issued ouside he Neherlands 51
5a Temporary restrictions to speed limits as a result o an
interruption to uel supplies 52
5b Environmental zones 53
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Appendices
1 Explanaions o Trac Signs 57
2 Signals by auhorised persons 67
3 Deniions 68
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Road Trac Ac 1994 (WVW 1994)
1 Trac Conduc
1.1Rules o Conduc
Article 5
I is an oence or any road user o ac in such manner
as o cause a hazard (or a poenial hazard) on he public
highway or o obsruc oher road users in any way.
Article 6
All paricipans in rac are orbidden o behave in
such a way ha a rac acciden atribuable o hem
occurs in which anoher person is killed or susains
serious physical injury or physical injury such ha
emporary illness occurs or ha person is prevened
rom engaging in normal aciviy.
Article 7
1 I is an oence or any person involved in a road
acciden o any kind o leave he scene o he
acciden.
2 Persons are only permited o leave he scene oan acciden as soon as:
a. he opporuniy has arisen o esablish he
ideniy o he person or persons involved;
b. he opporuniy has arisen o esablish he
ideniy o he moor vehicle involved;
c. i is clear ha no person or persons susaining
injuries in he acciden has or have been le ahe scene o he acciden in need o reamen.
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Article 8
1 I is expressly orbidden o drive or allow a driver
o operae a moor vehicle, when he is under he
infuence o a subsance, wheher used alone or incombinaion wih anoher subsance, which he
knows, or should reasonably be expeced o know,
may compromise his driving abiliy o such an
exen ha he is no o operae a moor vehicle.
2 I is expressly orbidden o operae a moor vehicle
or allow a driver o operae a moor vehicle when
one has consumed alcoholic beverages o he
poin ha:
a. upon analysis he alcohol level in his breah
appears o be greaer han 220 micrograms per
lire o exhaled breah and/or
b. upon analysis he alcohol level in his blood
appears o be greaer han 0.5 milligrams per
millilire o blood.
3 Conrary o subsecion 2 above, he driver o a
moor vehicle which requires a drivers licence,
should he dae o rs issue o said licence no ye
be ve years ago and should his dae o rs issue
have been on or aer 20 March 2002, is orbidden
o operae or be permited o operae a moorvehicle when he has consumed alcoholic
beverages o he poin ha:
a. upon analysis he alcohol level in his breah
appears o be greaer han 88 micrograms per
lire o exhaled breah and/or
b. upon analysis he alcohol level in his blood
appears o be greaer han 0.2 milligrams permillilire o blood.
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4 Conrary o ha saed in secion 2, i is prohibied
or he driver o a moor vehicle or which a driving
licence is required, i he rs licence issued was a
licence auhorising he holder o drive a mopedand his licence was issued o a person who was
no ye eigheen a he ime o issue and he dae
o issue was less han seven years previously and
occurred on or aer 20 March 2002, o drive said
moor vehicle or operae i as he driver aer
having consumed such an amoun o alcohol ha:
a. his or her breah is shown in a es o conain
more han 88 micrograms o alcohol per lire
o exhaled air, or
b.his or her blood is shown in a es o conain
more han 0.2 milligrams o alcohol per
millilire.
5 I is orbidden o allow a person o operae a moor
vehicle when one knows or may reasonably be
expeced o know ha his person is in a physical
sae as described in subsecion 1, 2, 3, or 4 above.
6 In applying subsecion 3 above, drivers licence is
aken also o mean a drivers licence issued by a
relevan auhoriy ouside o he Neherlands.
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Trac Regulaions and Road Signs 1990
2 Trac Regulaions
2.1Road posiioning
Article 3 (Aricle 1, 2, 2a and 2b in Appendix 3)
1 Drivers are required o keep as ar over o he righ
as possible.
2 Cycliss are permited o ride wo abreas. This does
no apply o riders o moor-assised bicycles.
Article 4
1 Pedesrians are o use pavemens or oopahs a
all imes.
2 I here is a break in he pavemen or oopah,
pedesrians are o use he cycle or moped rack.
3 I here is also a break in he cycle, moorcycle or
moped rack, pedesrians are o use he roadside
or he edge o he carriageway.
4 Conrary o he rs and second pars, persons
moving wih he aid o objecs ha are no vehicles
use he bicycle pah, he bicycle/moped pah, hepavemen or oopah. They use he road i here is
no bicycle pah, bicycle/moped pah, pavemen or
oopah.
Article 5
1 Cycliss are required o use he mandaory cycle
rack or he cycle/moor cycle rack.
2 I here is a break in he mandaory cycle rack orin a cycle/moor cycle rack, cycliss are required
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o use he main carriageway.
3 They may use he non-mandaory cycle rack.
Moped riders may only use he non-mandaory
cycle rack i heir engines are swiched o.4 Riders o bicycles having more han wo wheels
and riders o bicycles pulling railers wih a oal
widh, including he load, in excess o 0.75 mere
may use he public carriageway.
Article 6
1 Moor cycliss are required o use he cycle/moor
cycle rack.
2 They are required o use he main carriageway i
here is a break in he cycle/moor cycle rack.
3 Riders o mopeds having more han wo wheels
and mopeds pulling railers wih a oal widh,
including he load, in excess o 0.75 mere, may use
he public carriageway ha a rac acciden occurs.
Article 7
Handicapped drivers and heir special vehicles mus
use he pavemen, oopahs, cycle racks, cycle/
moorcycle racks or he public carriageway.
Article 8
1 Horse riders are o use bridleways.
2 I here is a break in he bridle pah, horse ridersare o use he roadside o he public carriageway.
Article 9
Pedesrians may use he public carriageway i hey
orm a column or i hey are aking par in a march
or a uneral procession.
Article 10
1 Oher drivers han hose indicaed in Aricles 5 o8 inclusive mus use he public carriageway. For
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parking heir vehicles, hese drivers and pedesrians
moving a railer apparenly inended o be moved
by a moor vehicle may also use oher pars o he
road excep or pavemens, oopahs, cycle pahs,cycle and moor cycle pahs or bridleways.
2 Road users oher han cycliss and handicapped
persons driving special vehicles may no use
bicycle lanes wih coninuous lane markings.
2.2
Overaking
Article 11
1 All overaking mus be carried ou on he le.
2 Drivers who have posiioned hemselves on he
le and have signalled heir inenion o urn le
are o be overaken on he righ.
3 Cycliss mus overake oher cycliss on he le.
They may overake oher slower moving vehicles
on he righ.
4 Drivers who are posiioned on he righ o an
indicaor panel may overake drivers on he righ
who are posiioned on he le o such panels.
5 Trams may be overaken on he righ.Article 12
I is no permited o overake a vehicle direcly
beore or on a pedesrian crossing.
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2.3Queues
Article 131 When rac is queuing, and where he carriageway
is divided ino several lanes heading in he same
direcion, i is no necessary o keep o he righ
hand lane.
2 Trac queues may be overaken on he righ.
2.4Approaching road juncions
Article 14
Drivers mus no block road juncions.
2.5Giving prioriy
Article 15
1 A road juncions, drivers mus give prioriy
o rac approaching rom he righ.
2 The ollowing excepions exis o his rule:
a. drivers on unpaved roads mus give prioriyo drivers on paved roads;
b. all drivers mus give prioriy o ram drivers.
2.5aLevel crossings
Article 15a1 Road users should never drive ono a crossing unil
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he road ahead is clear and hey can cross i
compleely.
2 When approaching a crossing, road users mus
give prioriy o rail vehicles and wai unil hecrossing is compleely ree.
2.6Cuting across miliary convoys
Article 16
Road users mus no cu across miliary convoys.
2.7Turning
Article 17
1 Drivers wishing o urn mus ake up an appropriae
road posiion by:
a. i hey wish o urn o he righ, hey mus move
across o he righ side o he carriageway as
soon as possible;
b. i hey wish o urn o he le, hey mus ake up
an appropriae posiion close o he middle o
he road or i hey are on a dual carriageway heymus ake up a posiion as ar o he le as
possible.
2 Drivers mus give advance warning o heir inenion
o urn, eiher by using heir indicaor or by giving
arm signals.
Article 18
1 Drivers inending o urn mus give way o alloncoming vehicles and also o all vehicles
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ravelling behind hem in he same direcion on
heir le or righ.
2 Drivers inending o urn le mus give way o
oncoming drivers inending o urn righ a hesame road juncion.
3 Secions 1 and 2 above do no apply o ram drivers.
2.8Speed Limis
Article 19
A driver mus a all imes be able o bring his vehicle
o a sandsill wihin he disance ha he can see o
be clear.
Article 20
The ollowing maximum speeds apply in buil-up
areas:
a. or moor vehicles: 50 km/h;
b. or mopeds and vehicles or he disabled,
equipped wih an engine:
1 on a bicycle pah and/or bicycle/moped pah:
30 km/h
2 on he road: 45 km/h
c. or vehicles or he disabled, equipped wih anengine, on he pavemen or oopah: 6 km/h.
Article 21
Elsewhere he ollowing speed limis apply:
a. or moor vehicles on moorways 120 km/h, on
main roads 100 km/h and on all oher roads
80 km/h;
b. or mopeds and vehicles or he disabled,equipped wih an engine:
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1 on a bicycle pah and/or bicycle/moped pah:
40 km/h
2 on he road: 45 km/h
c. or vehicles or he disabled, equipped wih anengine, on he pavemen or oopah: 6 km/h.
Article 22
1 Where a lower speed limi does no apply as a
resul o oher aricles, he ollowing special speed
limis apply o he ollowing vehicles:
a. or campers as indicaed in Aricle 1.1 o he
Vehicles Regulaions, whose permited
maximum weigh exceeds 3500 kg, lorries and
buses oher han T100 buses, 80 km/h;
b. or moor vehicles wih railers, 80 km/h;
c. or agriculural or oresry racors and moor
vehicles wih limied speed, as indicaed in
Aricle 1.1 o he Regulaions, 25 km/h;
d. or microcars, 45 km/h;
e. or moor-assised bicycles, 25 km/h.
2 Conrary o he rs par, secion b, moor vehicles
oher han hose indicaed in he rs par,
secions a and c, pulling a railer wih a permited
maximum weigh no exceeding 3500 kg on
main highways and moorways, he speed limi is90 km/h.
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Table
Maximum speeds
Passenger cars, commercial
vehicles and moorcycles
120* 100* 80 50
Trucks and buses (no inclu-
ding T100 buses)
80 80 80 50
T100 buses 100 100 80 50
Campers derived rom
rucks or buses, weighing
more han 3500 kg**
80 80 80 50
Passenger cars, commercial
vehicles, T100 buses and
moorcycles wih a railer,
weighing no more han3500 kg***
90 90 80 50
Passenger cars and
commercial vehicles wih
a railer, weighing more
han 3500 kg***
80 80 80 50
Trucks and buses (no inclu-ding T100 buses) wih a railer
(irrespecive o he weigh)
80 80 80 50
Microcars - - 45 45
Moor-assised bicycles,
agriculural vehicles and
moor vehicles wih resric-ed speed
- - 25 25
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Table
Maximum speeds or mopeds
Road 45 45
Bicycle/moped pah 30 40
Table
Maximum speeds or moorised vehicles or he disabled
Road 45 45
Bicycle/moped pah 30 40
Pavemen or oopah 6 6
* In he even o a serious disrupion o he oil supply, a maximum speed o 90
km/hr may be insiued on moorways and main highways.
** This fgure relaes o he weigh o he empy camper, plus he maximum
permited weigh o he load or luggage.
*** This fgure relaes o he weigh o he empy railer, plus he maximumpermited weigh o he load or luggage.
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Article 22a
Unless lower limis are specied in oher aricles, a
maximum speed o 100 km/h applies or T100 buses.
2.9Waiing
Article 23
1 Drivers and heir vehicles may no wai:
a. on a road juncion or a level crossing;
b. on a cycle rack or wihin a bicycle lane on he
public carriageway;
c. on a pedesrian crossing or wihin ve meres o
a pedesrian crossing;
d. in a unnel;
e. wihin he markings o a bus sop, or i here are
no markings, wih a disance o welve meres o
he bus sop. This does no apply i he inenion
is o allow passengers o board or o aligh;
. wihin a bus lane on he public carriageway or
g. on a road marked wih a coninuous yellow line.
2.10
ParkingArticle 24
1 Drivers may no park heir vehicles:
a. On, or a a disance o less han ve meres rom,
a road juncion;
b. in ron o enrances/exis;
c. direcly on he carriageway o a major roadouside a buil-up area;
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d. in a designaed parking area:
1 i, according o he insrucions on he ocial
parking noice, heir vehicles are no included in
he caegory or group o vehicles or which heparking area is inended;
2 in any manner oher han ha shown in he
insrucions on he ocial parking noice;
3 on days or a imes when parking is shown on
he ocial parking noice o be prohibied;
e. on a road marked wih a coninuous yellow line;
. wihin an area specically designaed or he
loading or unloading o goods;
g. in parking bays reserved or permi-holders as
shown by he sign E9, unless hey hemselves
have such a permi or he bays in quesion.
2 I daes or imes are indicaed in he lower secion
o ocial parking noices E4 o E8 inclusive, E12
and E13, he parking permission or prohibiion
according o he noice in quesion, shall only
apply on he days or during he hours indicaed.
3 Drivers may no double-park heir vehicles.
4 I a parking area, indicaed by one o he ocial
parking noices in he range E4 o E13 inclusive,
has designaed parking bays, drivers may only parkin hese bays.
Article 25
1 Parking in a parking permi (disc ype) zone is
prohibied, excep in parking spaces designaed
or indicaed as such or spaces eauring a blue line.
2 In spaces wih a blue line, a moor vehicle wih
more han wo wheels may be parked only i hevehicle is equipped wih a clearly visible parking
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permi displayed behind he windscreen, in
accordance wih he erms o he Parking Permi
Decree.
3 The parking permi indicaes he ime ha parkingbegan. This ime is se manually only. A parking
permi equipped wih a mechanism ha auo-
maically ses or shis he arrival ime canno
be used.
4 When he parking permi is se, he arrival ime
may be rounded up o he nex hour or hal hour.
The permited parking ime mus no be exceeded.
5 I a sign below he parking sign indicaes days or
hours, he second o ourh pars inclusive apply
only or hose days or hours.
Article 26
1 Parking is permited in a disabled parking space
only or:
a. a disabled persons vehicle;
b. a moor vehicle wih more han wo wheels
in which a disabled parking card has been
displayed visibly or
c. i he disabled parking space is reserved or
a specic vehicle, ha vehicle.
2 I a sign below he parking sign indicaes amaximum parking ime, Aricle 25, par wo,
applies accordingly, bearing in mind ha he
parking space need no have a blue line.
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2.11Parking bicycles and mopeds
Article 27Bicycles and mopeds may be parked on he
pavemen, on oopahs, a he side o he road
or wherever an ocial sign indicaes ha i is
permited.
2.12
Signalling
Article 28
Drivers may only sound heir horns or signal wih
heir headlamps o give warning o emergency
siuaions.
Article 29
1 Drivers o moor vehicles used by police and re
brigades, moor vehicles in use wih emergency
medical assisance services, and moor vehicles
o oher assisance services designaed by he
Miniser use blue revolving, fashing or blinking
lighs and a wo-one horn o indicae ha hey
are perorming urgen duies.2 The drivers indicaed in he rs par may use
fashing headlighs during he day in addiion
o he lighs indicaed in ha par.
3 Rules may be esablished by means o miniserial
regulaions regarding such blue revolving, fashing
or blinking lighs and fashing headlighs.
Article 301 Drivers o vehicles used or work o be indicaed
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will use yellow or green revolving, fashing or
blinking lighs under circumsances o be indicaed.
Drivers indicaed in Aricle 29, par one, will use
yellow or green revolving, fashing or blinking lighsinsead o blue revolving, fashing or blinking
lighs. The driver o he rs or only vehicle o reach
he sie o perorm he assigned duies may use
blue revolving, fashing or blinking lighs insead.
2 Miniserial regulaions are issued o se he rules
relaing o he use o yellow or green roaing,
blinking or fashing lighs and he road works
and circumsances when such signals are used.
Article 30a
1 Drivers o moor vehicles indicaed in Aricle 29,
par one, may use addiional indicaors under
circumsances o be indicaed.
2 Rules may be esablished by miniserial regulaions
regarding he indicaors menioned in he rs par
and he circumsances in which hey are used.
Article 30b
Aricles 29 o 30a inclusive do no apply o Belgian
and German moor vehicles in use wih police and
re brigades, in use wih services or rs-line
emergency assisance and moor vehicles o Belgianand German assisance services, designed in or under
aricle 29, par one, provided such vehicles each use
signals in accordance wih he legal regulaions
applicable o hem in heir own counries.
Article 31
Signals may no be given in oher cases or by oher
means han permited in or under he rulesesablished in he aricles included in his secion.
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2.13Using lighs while driving
Article 321 Drivers o moor vehicles, mopeds, moor-
assised bicycles, disabled vehicles equipped wih
combusion engines or disabled vehicles equipped
wih elecric moors and having enclosed bodies
will use dimmed lighs during he day, i visibiliy
is seriously resriced, and a nigh. Drivers o
disabled vehicles equipped wih elecric moors
and no equipped wih enclosed bodies will hen
use he lighs indicaed in Aricle 5.18.43, par one,
o he Vehicles Regulaions.
2 Driving wih undipped headlighs insead o
dipped headlighs is permited excep in he
ollowing circumsances:
a. during he dayime;
b. in he presence o oher oncoming road users,
and
c. when ollowing close behind anoher vehicle.
3 Rear lighs and rear regisraion plae lighs mus
always come on wih undipped and dipped
headlighs, sidelighs and oglamps.Article 33
Towed railers mus be illuminaed in dull dayime
condiions and a nigh hey mus show rear lighs,
rear regisraion plae lighs and side lighs.
Article 34
1 Where visibiliy is seriously resriced as a resul
o og, snow or rain, drivers o moor vehicles andvehicles adaped or disabled drivers mus use heir
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ron oglamps. In ha case, he drivers do no
need o have heir dipped headlighs on.
2 Where visibiliy is reduced o less han 50 meres as
a resul o og or heavy snowall, drivers mus useheir rear oglamps.
Article 35
1 Cycliss will use lighs in accordance wih pars wo
o our inclusive when riding a nigh or during he
day i visibiliy is seriously resriced.
2 A bicycle wih wo wheels and a cycle wih hree
wheels having a single ron wheel mus be
equipped wih a whie or yellow ligh carried a he
ron, unless he rider is wearing a whie or yellow
ligh on his or her ches.
3 A cycle wih more han wo wheels having wo
ron wheels mus carry wo whie or wo yellow
lighs a he ron, symmerically atached o he
le and righ o he cenre.
4 A cycle mus be equipped wih a red rear ligh
carrier a he rear, unless he rider or a passenger
seaed behind he rider is wearing a red ligh on his
or her back.
5 No more lighs may be carried on a cycle, by is
rider or by a passenger seaed behind he rider hanhe lighs indicaed in pars wo o our inclusive.
Article 35a
1 The lighs indicaed in Aricle 35 mus no blind
oher road users.
2 The lighs indicaed in Aricle 35 mus no blink.
3 The lighs indicaed in Aricle 35 mus:
a. be coninually visible a he ron o oncomingroad users;
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b. be coninually visible a he rear or road users
approaching rom behind.
Article 35b
1 Drivers o vehicles will use dimmed lighs and rearlighs during he day, i visibiliy is serious
resriced, or a nigh.
2 Drivers o disabled vehicles no equipped wih an
engine will use ron and rear lighs during he day,
i visibiliy is seriously resriced, or a nigh, i hey
use he lane, bike pah or bike/moped pah.
Article 36
Riders and persons accompanying horses or oher
animals mus carry a ligh a nigh and in dull
dayime condiions, which shows whie or yellow
o he ron and red o he rear.
Article 37
Processions o pedesrians or marchers walking
ouside buil-up areas a nigh or in dull dayime
condiions mus carry a ligh a he ron le hand
side o he procession ha shows whie or yellow o
all sides and a he rear le hand side o he
procession a ligh showing red o all sides.
2.14Using lighs while saionary
Article 38
Drivers o moor vehicles wih more han wo wheels,
who need o sop ouside buil-up areas, in a slip road
or a a designaed parking area or in a hard shoulder
or reuge secion mus display rear and parking lighsboh a nigh and during dull dayime condiions.
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Article 39
Saionary railers ouside buil-up areas, in a slip
road or a a designaed parking bay or in a hard
shoulder or reuge secion mus display rear andparking lighs boh a nigh and during dull dayime
condiions.
Article 40
Ouside buil-up areas, saionary cars on a main road
mus display ron and rear parking lighs a nigh
and during dull dayime condiions.
2.15Special lighs
Article 41
1 Drivers o moor vehicles may have dayime running
lighs on during he day. Dayime running lighs are
a he ron o he vehicle and are no on a he same
ime as any oher lighs a he ron o he vehicle.
2 A he same ime as having dipped headlighs or
og lighs on a he ron, drivers o moor vehicles
may have side lighs, direcional lighs or marking
lighs.
Article 41a1 Illuminaed ransparencies providing inormaion
on he desinaion or use o he vehicle may be
carried by:
a. passenger cars, commercial vehicles and
moorcycles:
1 used by he police;
2 used by he re brigade;3 used by emergency services;
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4 used by he Direcorae General or Public
Works and Waer Managemen;
5 used by docors;
6 used in providing driver raining or inadminisering a driving es;
7 used by ambulance services o which a permi
has been issued under he Ambulance Transpor
Ac o provide ambulance ranspor;
8 o assisance services involved in providing
rs-line emergency assisance on he orders
o eiher a cenral oce as indicaed in aricle
1 o he Ambulance Transpor Ac or a cenral
oce or ambulance ranspor as indicaed in
aricle 4, par 1 a, o he Medical Assisance or
Accidens and Emergencies Ac;
b. buses operaed by public ranspor services;
c. commercial vehicles o ranspor assisance
providers;
d. passenger and commercial vehicles congured
as veerinary ambulances;
e. axis.
2 Passenger cars, commercial cars and moorcycles
used o provide driving insrucion or adminiser
a driving es may only be equipped wih anilluminaed ransparency displaying he leter L
prescribed under he Driving Licence Regulaions.
3 Nowihsanding he rs par:
a. illuminaed ransparencies carried by he
vehicles indicaed in he rs par, secion 1,
under 1 o 4, inclusive and secion c, may display
direcions or oher road rac,b. axis may be equipped wih illuminaed
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ransparencies displaying he ollowing
inormaion:
1 raes;
2 he name o he axi company; and3 he elephone number o he axi company.
4 Taxis equipped wih illuminaed ransparencies
displaying raes may display such lighing only
when a a axi rank.
5 Illuminaed ransparencies are no carried by
vehicles oher han hose saed in he rs par
and are no carried in any way oher han as se ou
in he rs o ourh pars inclusive.
2.16Moorways and main highways
Article 42
1 Moorways may only be used by drivers, whose
vehicles are capable o being driven a speeds
greaer han 60 km/h.
2 Main highways may only be used by drivers, whose
vehicles are capable o being driven a speeds
greaer han 50 km/h.
Article 431 Drivers are no permited o execue U-urns or o
reverse heir vehicles while driving on moor ways
or main highways.
2 Drivers are no permited o sop on he
carriageway o a moorway or a main highway.
3 Excep in emergencies, road users are no permited
o drive on he hard shoulder or ono laybys orparking areas o moorways or main highways.
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4 On a hree or more lane moorway, drivers owing
railers (where he lengh o he combinaion is
greaer han 7 meres) and drivers o goods vehicles
are no permited o use any lane excep he woinnermos righ hand lanes. This regulaion shall
no apply in cases where he vehicle is negoiaing
a change o lanes.
2.17Roads across recreaion areas
Article 44
Pedesrians may use he ull widh o roads ha pass
hrough recreaion area.
Article 45
Drivers may no drive a more han a walking pace
on roads ha pass hrough a recreaion area.
Article 46
1 Drivers o moor vehicles may no park in
recreaion areas excep wihin special parking
areas designaed by a parking noice or board
showing a P.
2 I he recreaion area is designaed a parking disk
area, parking is permited in areas marked wih ablue sripe, provided ha a parking disk is used.
2.18Roundabous
Article 47
Drivers o moor vehicles and moped riders drivingalong a main road are permited o drive in a lane
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oher han he righ hand lane when enering or
driving round a roundabou.
Article 48
Drivers are permited o overake on he righ whenenering or driving round a roundabou.
2.19Pedesrians
Article 49
1 Drivers mus give prioriy a all imes o blind or
parially sighed pedesrians carrying a whie cane
wih one or a number o red rings around i and
also o all oher persons wih disabiliies.
2 Drivers mus give way a all imes o pedesrians
and drivers o invalid carriages who are crossing, or
obviously waiing o cross a a pedesrian crossing.
3 Subsecion 2 above does no apply o drivers o
vehicles orming par o a miliary convoy.
4 Subsecion 2 above does no apply i he pedesrians
and he drivers o invalid carriages are prevened
rom crossing by eiher a red or a fashing amber
pedesrian crossing ligh.
2.20Emergency vehicles
Article 50
Road users mus a all imes give prioriy o drivers
o emergency vehicles.
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2.21Sray livesock
Article 51I is no permited o allow animals o any kind o
roam a large wihou supervision on he public
highway. This prohibiion does no apply where
roads have been specically auhorised or his
purpose by he compeen auhoriies.
2.22Boarding and alighing passengers
Article 52
Drivers inending o pass a saionary ram or bus
on he side where passengers may be boarding and
alighing mus give way and allow hem he
opporuniy o do so.
2.23Towing
Article 53
Drivers o moor vehicles are no permited o owoher vehicles i he disance beween he rear o he
ron vehicle and he ron o he second vehicle is
greaer han ve meres.
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2.24Special manoeuvres
Article 54Drivers inending o carry ou special manoeuvres,
such as pulling away, reversing, urning ino he road
rom an exi, urning o he road ino an enrance,
perorming a U-urn, swiching rom he eeder lane
ino he main highway, swiching rom he main
highway ino he exi lane or changing lanes mus a
all imes give way o oher vehicles.
Article 55
Drivers o moor vehicles and moped riders mus
signal using heir direcion indicaors (moped riders
may give arm signals), when hey pull away, inend
o overake oher vehicles, join or leave he main
carriageway or i hey wish o change lanes or carry
ou any oher sideways changes o heir road posiions.
Article 56
Wihin buil-up areas, drivers mus give bus drivers
sucien opporuniy o pull away rom a bus sop
i he bus driver signals his inenion o do so.
This does no apply o drivers o vehicles orming
par o a miliary convoy.
2.25Unnecessary noise
Article 57
Drivers o moor vehicles and riders o mopeds and
moor-assised bicycles mus ensure ha heirvehicles do no cause unnecessary noise.
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2.26Warning riangles
Article 581 Saionary moor vehicles wih more han wo
wheels and railers mus be clearly idenied as
such by a warning riangle i hey are likely o cause
a hazard o approaching rac, which migh oher-
wise no be able o see hem in ime. This does no
apply i a fashing hazard ligh is shown.
2 The warning riangle mus be placed on he road in
a clearly visible manner a a disance o approxi-
maely 30 meres rom he vehicle. I mus be
arranged acing he approaching rac ha is
exposed o he hazard.
2.26aSeas
Article 58a
1 While paricipaing in rac passengers are carried
only i seaed in seas.
2 The rs par does no apply:
a. o buses or which ransporaion o sandingpassengers is permited, or incidenal use o he
gangway or lavaory in buses wihou sanding
room and in ransporaion o persons as
indicaed in Aricle 61 b, second par, secions a,
b and d;
b. or ransporaion o children under he age o 3
in buses;c. o he ransporaion o passengers under 18
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years o age who are less han 1.35 meres all,
using a seaing aciliy appropriae o said
passengers ha is par o he srucure o he
vehicle, properly atached herein and equippedwih sea bels;
d. o ransporaion o passengers using a
wheelchair as indicaed in Aricle 59, par our;
e. o ransporaion o persons on he baggage rack
by cycliss, excep or moor-assised cycliss.
2.27Sea bels and child saey sysems
Article 59
1 Drivers o passenger cars, commercial vehicles,
hree-wheeled moor vehicles wih enclosed
bodies or microcars and heir passengers will use
he sea bels available o hem. Passengers under
18 years o age and less han 1.35 m all will use a
suiable child saey sysem bearing an approval
mark as indicaed in Aricle 22, par our, o he ac.
I he seas inended or passengers are equipped
wih sea bels, no more passengers may be carried
han here are sea bels.2 Passenger cars, commercial vehicles, hree-
wheeled moor vehicles wih enclosed bodies or
microcars no equipped wih a sea bel or child
saey sysem as indicaed in he rs par may no
be used o ranspor passengers under 3 years o
age, and passengers aged 3 o 18 years, who are less
han 1.35 m all, will be ranspored in seas oherhan he ron seas.
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3 Passengers younger han 18 years o age may no be
placed in a rear-acing car sea in a ron passenger
sea equipped wih an airbag, unless his airbag
has been disengaged or is auomaicallysucienly disengaged.
4 Subsecion 1 above does no apply o passengers
using a wheelchair. These passengers shall be
ranspored in a wheelchair which is secured in he
vehicle by means which ensure he sabiliy o he
wheelchair and he saey o he occupan. These
passengers shall use a sea bel inegraed ino he
vehicle or a foor-mouned vehicle resrain sysem,
unless he consrucion o such sysem is one
approved by Our Miniser.
5 The rs par, second senence, and he second
par do no apply or ranspor in axis. In axis
where no child saey sysem is presen, passengers
under 18 years o age and less han 1.35 m will be
ranspored in seas oher han he ron seas.
6 The rs par, where applicable o drivers, and he
ourh par do no apply during paid ransporaion
o passengers under he 2000 Passenger Transpor
Ac and demand-driven public ranspor in axis,
oher han in cases in which an agreemen is madeas indicaed in Aricle 84, par hree, o said ac,
or oher han during axi ransporaion in a axi
congured or wheelchair ranspor in accordance
wih he requiremens relaing o his in he
Vehicles Regulaion.
7 The auomaic sea bel, he seabel or he child
resrain sysem mus be used in such a way hahe proecive uncion o hese does no have or
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could have a negaive infuence. People aged 18
and over and people under he age o 18 who under
he circumsances do no need o use a child resrain
sysem, may, i required, use a device designed oplace he diagonal porion o he sea bel over he
shoulder. Our Miniser may provide addiional
requiremens or such a provision.
8 Drivers o he vehicles as saed in subsecion 1 are
orbidden o ranspor passengers younger han 12
years o age and passengers in wheelchairs by means
oher han se orh in his Aricle.
Article 59a
1 Conrary o Aricle 59, subsecion 1 and 8 above,
drivers o a passenger bus and heir passengers
aged 3 and older mus use he seabel or child
resrain sysem provided on he bus when hey
are seaed on he bus and he vehicle is driving in
ra c.
2 Passengers in a moving bus shall be inormed o
he mandaory use o resrain sysems as named
in subsecion 1 above whenever hey are seaed and
he vehicle is driving in ra c. This announcemen
shall be made in one o he ollowing ways:
a. by he driver, conducor, our leader or personacing as group leader;
b. by audiovisual means;
c. by writen insrucions or he ollowing
picogram:
Use o he picogram will be hrough clear
applicaion on every sea.
3 Conrary o Aricle 59a, subsecion 1, passengers inbuses permiting sanding passengers are no
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required o make use o resrain sysems, and bus
passengers on ciy or regional roues lying in buil-
up areas are no required o make use o resrain
sysems.4 Bus drivers are orbidden o ranspor passengers
younger han 12 years o age in a manner oherwise
han ha se orh in his Aricle.
Article 59b
1 Conrary o Aricle 59, subsecion 1 and subsecion
8, a hird passenger older han 3 years o age and
less han 1.35 meres all may be ranspored oher
han in he ron passenger sea in passenger and
hired vehicles, when aer insallaion o wo child
resrain sysems i is no possible o insall a hird
child resrain sysem, and hese wo resrain
sysems are in use, and provided his passenger
uses a seabel. Aricle 59, subsecion 7, applies.
2 Conrary o Aricle 59, subsecion 1, senence 2, and
subsecion 8, in incidenal cases and over shor
disances, passenger vehicles and vans may
ranspor passengers aged 3 or older and less han
1.35 meres all in he ron passenger seas, when
hese passengers use a seabel. This does no apply
o passengers whose paren is he driver or heowner or holder o he vehicle.
2.28Saey Helmes
Article 60
The rider and pillion rider o mopeds, microcarswihou an enclosed comparmen, moor cycles
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and hree-wheeled moor vehicles mus wear a
properly ting saey helme wih a clear and
reliable means o asening around he head and
bearing he seal o a saey sandard as sipulaedin he Regulaions auhorising he use o helmes.
2 The rs secion above does no apply in he case o:
a. he rider and pillion rider o a moor-assised
bicycle;
b. he rider and rear passenger o a moor-assised
railer bicycle;
c. he rider and pillion rider o a ype o moped
designaed by he Diens Wegverkeer (Road
Transpor Oce), which is no a microcar, or a
moor cycle wih a sea proeced by a saey cell
and ted wih sea bels. The designaion may
disinguish beween he rider and he passengers
as ar as he validiy o he rs secion applies.
Rules have been se by miniserial ruling relaing
o he requiremens a moped or moor cycle
mus mee in order o be so designaed. In each
case he rules relae o he requiremens ha he
saey cell and sea bels mus mee;
d. he driver or passengers o a microcar wihou
an enclosed comparmen, or a hree-wheeledmoorised vehicle, whose sea in his microcar
or moor vehicle is equipped wih saey bel
mechanisms in compliance wih guideline
97/24/EC, as applicable on he dae when he
vehicle came ino use, and wih saey bels which
comply wih ha sipulaed in Aricle 5.2.47, sub
ve and six, o he Vehicle Regulaions.3 Riders are orbidden o ake as passengers children
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under welve years in any oher way han ha
prescribed in his aricle.
2.29Child seas on bicycles and mopeds
Article 61
Cycliss and moped riders may only carry children
below he age o eigh i hey are provided wih a
proper, sae sea having adequae suppor or heir
backs, heir hands and heir ee.
2.30Use o mobile elecommunicaionsequipmen
Article 61a
A person driving a moor vehicle, moped, moor-
assised bicycle or disabled persons vehicle equipped
wih an engine may no hold a mobile phone while
driving.
2.31
Conveyance o persons in or onrailers and in loading space
Article 61b
1 I is orbidden o convey persons in he open or
closed loading space o a moor vehicle or moped
and in or on a railer behind a moor vehicle or
moped.2 The rs par does no apply:
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a. o he ransporaion o persons in he cargo
area o an ambulance or veerinary ambulance
and ransporaion o wheelchair occupans in
places congured or ha purpose in he cargoarea o a vehicle ha is specially equipped o
ranspor wheelchairs, according o an
indicaion on is regisraion cericae;
b. o he conveyance o persons in he loading
space o moor vehicles in he service o he
police or re brigade and oher emergency
services designaed by our Miniser;
c. o he conveyance o a person on he drivers sea
o a moor vehicle or a moped wih more han wo
wheels owed by anoher moor vehicle or anoher
moped wih more han wo wheels and o he
ranspor o he passengers o he owed vehicle
reerred o herein or whom here is no seaing
available in he owing vehicle reerred o herein;
d. In he case o he ranspor o persons ha
occurs as par o an even or procession or
which a permi has been issued in accordance
wih a municipal bye-law.
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3 Road Signs
3.1General provisions
Article 62
Road users are required o observe all road signs
giving orders or conaining prohibiions.
Article 63
Trac symbols have prioriy over rac rules,
inasmuch as such rules are incompaible wih said
symbols.
Article 63a
Temporary rac symbols on he road surace have
prioriy over oher rac symbols applied in ha
locaion o he road surace, inasmuch as such rac
symbols are incompaible.
Article 63b
1 Where rac symbols indicaing a maximum
speed indicae a speed higher han:
a. he maximum speeds se ou in aricles 20,
par b, 21, par b, and 22, or
b. he maximum speed in eec as a resul o aminiserial regulaion under aricle 86a, or
c. he speed indicaed in aricle 45, he lowes
maximum speed indicaed applies.
2 I boh rac symbols on signs and elecronic
signal panels indicae a maximum speed, he
lowes maximum speed indicaed applies.
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Article 64
Trac lighs ake precedence over any road signs ha
govern prioriy.
Article 64aTrac signs may be represened on an elecronic
signal panel.
3.2Trac signs
Article 65
1 Where a carriageway is divided ino lanes, he
insrucion conained in a rac sign may be
resriced o one or more o hese lanes.
2 The signs E1, E2 and E3 only apply o he side o
he road on which hey are placed.
3 However, parking a vehicle, a bicycle or a moped is
permited a designaed pars o he highway.
Article 66
1 I he word zone appears a he op o a rac sign
ogeher wih an indicaion o he exen o he
zone, he rac sign is o apply in he area shown.
2 I he word zone appears a he op o a rac sign
wihou any urher indicaion as o he naure ohe zone, he rac sign is o apply wihin he area
beween he rac sign denoing he sar o he
zone and he rac sign denoing he end o he
zone.
3 This also applies o he sign E 10.
Article 67
1 Plaes arranged below rac signs can conain:a. a urher claricaion o he rac sign;
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b. i such plaes only conain symbols, he rac
sign only applies o he road users as indicaed
or o he road conduc as indicaed;
c. i such plaes indicae he word Excep incombinaion wih symbols, he rac sign is no
inended o apply o he road users or he road
conduc so indicaed.
2 I an inended road conduc is indicaed by means o
a ex or signs in combinaion wih symbols, he
plae will include a claricaion.
3 Symbols shown on plaes below rac signs have
he same signicance as hose shown in Appendix 1.
3.3Trac lighs
Article 68
1 The colours in hree-colour rac lighs signiy
as ollows:
a. green ligh: proceed;
b. amber ligh: sop; drivers who are so close o
he rac lighs ha hey canno reasonably
be expeced o sop saely should proceed;
c. red ligh: sop.2 I he hree-colour rac lighs, or an associaed
single-colour rac ligh conain an illuminaed
arrow, his applies only o he direcion ha is
indicaed by he arrow.
3 Where an illuminaed picure o a bicycle is shown,
his signal applies o bicycles and mopeds on a
cycle/moped rack and drivers o invalid carriages.4 Drivers o moor vehicles orming par o a miliary
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convoy ha has sared o pass a green ligh may
coninue aer he lighs have changed o anoher
colour.
5 I, in a se o hree-colour rac lighs, here is aplae wih he words Righ urn clear or bicycles
and mopeds, he amber and he red lighs do no
apply o cycliss, moped riders and drivers o
invalid carriages who are urning righ. I, in a se
o hree-colour rac lighs, here is a plae wih
he words Righ urn clear or bicycles, he amber
and he red lighs do no apply o cycliss and
drivers o invalid carriages who are urning righ.
6 These road users hereore mus give way o oher
road users.
7 Where a main road is divided ino lanes wih rac
proceeding in he same direcion, a rac ligh can
apply o jus one o hese lanes. In ha case, he
rac ligh will only apply o he rac on he lane
so indicaed.
Article 69
1 The colours o wo-colour rac lighs signiy as
ollows:
a. amber ligh: sop; drivers who are so close o
he rac lighs ha hey canno reasonablybe expeced o sop saely should proceed;
b. red ligh: sop.
2 Aricle 68, secions wo o seven apply muais
muandis.
Article 70
1 In he case o buses or rams, he lighs signiy as
ollows:a. whie ligh or fashing whie ligh: proceed;
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b. amber ligh: sop; drivers who are so close o
he rac lighs ha hey canno reasonably
be expeced o sop saely should proceed;
c. red ligh: sop.2 The whie ligh and he fashing whie ligh only
apply o he direcions as indicaed.
3 Bus and ram lighs apply o drivers o rams and
scheduled buses who are ollowing he direcion
indicaed by he lighs in quesion.
4 Tram/bus lighs also apply o drivers o vehicles,
oher han scheduled buses, using a bus lane o
which he ligh applies.
Article 71
Lighs a ram and rail crossings signiy:
a. fashing whie lighs: no ram or rain is
approaching;
b. fashing red ligh: sop.
Article 72
For lighs on bridges, a red ligh or a fashing red
ligh means: sop.
Article 73
Where road lanes are conrolled by rac lighs,
he ollowing signs signiy:
a. a green arrow or maximum allowable speed,shown by he sign A3: he lane may be used;
b. a red cross: he lane mus no be used. The
shoulder may be used only in emergencies;
c. a whie arrow: an iniial warning o a red cross;
d. he word BUS: he lane may only be used by
drivers o scheduled buses and coach drivers;
e. he word SCHEDULED BUS: he lane may onlybe used by drivers o scheduled buses.
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Article 74
1 The ollowing signs a pedesrian crossings signiy:
a. green ligh: pedesrians may cross;
b. fashing green ligh: pedesrians may cross,bu he lighs are abou o change o red;
c. red ligh: pedesrians mus no sar o cross.
Pedesrians already on he crossing mus nish
crossing as quickly as possible.
2 When he red ligh is replaced by a fashing yellow
ligh, as described in Aricle 75, pedesrians may
cross provided ha hey give way o oher rac.
Article 75
A fashing yellow ligh signies: Danger. Take care.
3.4Road markings
Article 76
1 A coninuous line ha is no along he edge o
he surace o he carriageway means:
a. i he line is beween lanes or on pahs, wih
rac in boh direcions: drivers may no cross
he line o he le and may no be le o he line,
unless here is a broken line o he righ o heconinuous line;
b. i he line is beween lanes or on pahs, or rac
in one direcion: drivers may no cross he line,
unless here is a broken line beween he driver
and he coninuous line.
2 I he line is beween he lanes and rush-hour lanes
nex o he rush-hour lane: drivers may cross heconinuous line.
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Article 77
1 Drivers may no use diagonally sriped secions
or dividers;
2 The rs par does no apply i drivers are ollowinga rush-hour lane ha passes a poin where roads,
lanes or road secions merge or diverge.
Article 78
1 Drivers ollowing he lane mus ollow he
direcion a an inersecion ha is indicaed by he
lane in which hey are ravelling. A bicycle pah in a
direcional lane is par o ha lane.
2 Drivers leaving he coninuous carriageway and
ollowing an exi lane or ha purpose mus ollow
he direcion indicaed by he arrows
in said exi lane.
Article 79
I hey are required o sop, drivers mus sop behind
he line a a sop sign.
Article 80
Give-way road markings mean ha drivers mus give
way o vehicles crossing in ron o hem.
Article 81
Bus lanes marked wih he word BUS may be used
only by drivers o scheduled buses, coaches or rams.Bus lanes marked wih he word LIJNBUS may be
used only by drivers o scheduled buses or rams.
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4 Signals by auhorisedpersons
4.1Obligaions on he par o road users
Article 82
1 Road users are required o ollow insrucions
given verbally or by means o gesures by:
a. auhorised ocials who are ideniable as such,
b. personnel o he miliary consabulary,
inasmuch as hey are no among he ocials
indicaed in par a.,
c. auhorised rac direcors who are ideniable
as such, and
d. persons acing during pracical lessons or he
pracical examinaion as par o rac direcion
raining or a course or rac direcors, or he
duraion o such pracical lessons or pracical
examinaion and where he clohing prescribed in
he Trac Direcors Regulaion 2009 is used.
2 The insrucions se ou in Appendix 2 will be used
as much as possible o give insrucions by meanso gesures.
3 Drivers mus also ollow he insrucion indicaed
in Appendix 2, secion 8, o sop, given by
auhorised rac ocers ideniable as such.
4 Road users mus also sop i he accompanying
ocial o a railway vehicle shows hem a sop
signal according o model F 10 in appendix 1, a redfag or a red ligh.
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Article 82a
Road users are also required o obey he insrucions
given by means o he illuminaed ransparencies on
passenger cars, commercial vehicles and moorcyclesused by he services indicaed in aricle 41a, par 1,
secion 1, under 1 and 4, and on he commercial
vehicles o ranspor assisance providers.
Article 83
Road users are also required o sop i a sop signal
is displayed o hem consising o a red ligh or an
illuminaed ransparency ted o a police vehicle
or vehicle o road inspecors in he service o he
Direcorae General or Public Works and Waer
Managemen, in which he words sop or sop
police are illuminaed in red leters on a dark
background.
4.2Precedence o insrucions overrac signs and regulaions
Article 84
Insrucions always ake precedence over rac
signs and rac regulaions.
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5 Special Regulaions orDisabled Drivers
5.1Exempions or disabled drivers
Article 85
1 Drivers o moor vehicles wih more han wo wheels
displaying a valid and clearly legible disabled
drivers parking badge are exemped rom he
resricions governing parking in a parking disk
zone (Aricle 25). Similarly, disabled drivers
wishing o park or up o hree hours are exemped
rom he ban on parking on a single unbroken
yellow line and where parking is orbidden by he
sign E1, and also rom he parking resricions on
recreaion areas (Aricle 46). In his later case, hey
mus clearly display in heir vehicles a parking disk
showing he ime a which hey commenced
parking.
2 Drivers o invalid carriages are exemped rom he
resricions governing parking in a parking disk
zone (Aricle 25). Similarly, i hey wish o park orup o hree hours hey are exemped rom he ban
on parking on a single unbroken yellow line and
where parking is orbidden by he sign E1. In his
later case, hey mus clearly display in heir
vehicles a parking disk showing he ime a which
hey commenced parking.
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5.2Disabled parking badges issuedouside he Neherlands
Article 86
Parking badges or he disabled issued by he
compeen auhoriies ouside he Neherlands are
considered o be he equivalen o a disabled parking
badge issued in he Neherlands, in as ar as hey are
designaed as such by he Regulaions governing
disabled parking badges.
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5a Temporary resricionso speed limis as a
resul o an inerrupiono uel supplies
Article 86a
In he even o a major inerrupion o uel supplies,
a speed limi o 90 km/h may be imposed on all
moorway and oher main highway rac wih he
excepion o lorries, buses and moor vehicles
owing railers.
Article 86b
Drivers o vehicles oher han lorries, buses or moor
vehicles owing railers are no permited o exceed
he maximum speed limis imposed by virue o
Aricle 86a above.
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5b Environmenal zones
Article 86c1 The ollowing deniions apply in his chaper:
a. dae o rs admission ino circulaion: dae o
rs admission o a moor vehicle ino circulaion
as esablished under he Dae o Firs Admission
o Vehicle ino Circulaion Regulaion;
b. diesel engine: engine operaing according o
he principle o compression-igniion;
c. pariculae ler: pariculae ler as indicaed in
he Pariculae Filer Type Approval Regulaion;
d. direcive 88/77/EEC: direcive o he Council o
he European Communiies o 3 December 1987
regarding approximaion o he laws o he
Member Saes relaing o he measures o be
aken agains he emission o gaseous and
pariculae polluans rom compression-
igniion engines or use in vehicles, and he
emission o gaseous polluans rom posiive
igniion engines uelled wih naural gas or
liqueed peroleum gas or use in vehicles
(OJEU 1998, L36), as was in eec unil 9 November2006 and las amended by direcive no. 96/1/EC
o he European Parliamen and he Council o
22 January 1996 (OJEU L 040);
e. direcive 2005/55/EC: direcive o he European
Parliamen and he Council o 28 Sepember
2005 regarding he approximaion o legislaion
o he member saes regarding measures o beaken agains he emission o gaseous and
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pariculae polluans rom compression-
igniion engines or use in vehicles (OJEU 2005,
L 275);
. Euro II sandard: direcive 88/77/EEC (limis inline B o poin 6.2.1 or poin 8.3.1.1 o Appendix I
o said direcive);
g. Euro III sandard: direcive 2005/55/EC (limis in
row A o he ables in poin 6.2.1 o Appendix I o
said direcive);
h. Euro IV sandard: direcive 2005/55/EC (limis in
row B1 o he ables in poin 6.2.1 o Appendix I
o said direcive);
2 An amendmen o he direcive indicaed in par
one, secion e, will apply or applicaion o Aricle
86d beginning on he dae on which he relevan
modicaion direcive mus be implemened,
unless a dieren ime is esablished by miniserial
decision, published in he ocial gazete.
Article 86d
1 Closure according o sign C22a o Appendix is no
applicable:
a. beore 1 January 2010 o lorries
1 whose diesel engines a leas mee he Euro IVsandard according o he noe in he vehicle
regisry or on he proo regisraion, or
2 whose diesel engines mee he Euro II or III
sandard according o he noe in he vehicle
regisry or on he proo o regisraion and
which are equipped wih a pariculae ler
according o he noe in he vehicle regisry, or3 which are no powered by a diesel engine.
1
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b. rom 1 January 2010 o 1 July 2013 o lorries
1 whose diesel engines a leas mee he Euro IV
sandard according o he noe in he vehicle
regisry or on he proo o regisraion, or2 whose diesel engine, according o he noe
in he vehicle regisry or on he proo o
regisraion, mees he Euro III sandard and
or which no more han eigh years have passed
since he dae o rs admission ino circulaion
and which are also equipped wih a pariculae
ler according o he noe in he vehicle
regisry, or
3 which are no powered by a diesel engine.
c. as o 1 July 2013 o lorries
1 whose diesel engines a leas mee he Euro IV
sandard according o he noe in he vehicle
regisry or on he proo o regisraion, or
2 which are no powered by a diesel engine.
2 Lorries or which here is no noe in he vehicle
regisry or on he proo o regisraion regarding
he emissions sandard will be considered or he
purposes o he rs par:
a. o mee he Euro II sandard i he noe in he
vehicle regisry or on he proo o regisraionindicaes ha he dae o rs admission ino
circulaion is aer 30 Sepember 1995 bu beore
1 Ocober 2000;
b. o mee he Euro III sandard i he noe in he
vehicle regisry or on he proo o regisraion
indicaes ha he dae o rs admission ino
circulaion is aer 30 Sepember 2000 bu beore1 Ocober 2005;
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c. o mee a leas he Euro IV sandard i he
noe in he vehicle regisry or on he proo
o regisraion indicaes ha he dae o rs
admission ino circulaion is aer 30 Sepember2005.
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Appendix 1Explanaion o Trac Signs
ASpeedresricions
BPrioriy
A1Speed limi
B4
Road juncion wihprioriy over minorroad rom he le
A5End o recommended
speed
A2End o speed limi
B1Prioriy road
B5
Road juncion wihprioriy over minor road
rom he righ
A3Speed limi displayed on an
elecronic display panel
B2End o prioriy road
B6
Give prioriy o rac onhe main road ahead
A4Recommended speed
B3Crossroads wih prioriy
B7
Sop: Give prioriyo rac on he
main road ahead
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CRoad closedwarnings
C1Road closed in boh
direcions o vehicles,riders and persons incharge o animals or
livesock
C5Access permited
C9No access or riders, catle,
wagons, moor vehiclesno able o exceed a speed
o 25 km/h, microcars,bicycles, mopeds or invalid
carriages
C13No access or mopeds,
moor-assised bicyclesor moor-poweredinvalid carriages
C2No enry in his
direcion or vehicularrac, horse riders and
persons in charge oanimals or livesock
C6No access or vehicles
wih more han 2 wheels
C10No access or moor
vehicle owing railers
C14No access or bicycles oror non-moor-powered
invalid carriages
C3One-way road
C7No access or
goods vehicles
C11No access ormoor cycles
C15No access or bicycles,
mopeds and invalidcarriages
C4One-way road
C8No access or moor
vehicles ha cannoexceed 25 km/h
C12No access or moor
vehicles
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DSigns givingposiiveinsrucions
Milieuzone
Milieuzone
C17No access or vehicles
or combinaions ovehicles wih a lengh,
including he load,greaer han indicaed
C21No access or vehicles or
combinaions o vehicleswih a oal weigh
greaer han indicaed
C23-01Rush-hour lane open
D1Roundabou
compulsory direciono ravel
C18No access or vehicles
wih a widh, includinghe load, greaer han
indicaed
C22No access or vehicles
carrying hazardoussubsances
C23-02Clear rush-hour lane
D2Insrucion o all drivers
o keep o he righ ohe sign (or le i arrow
is reversed)
C19No access or vehicles
wih a heigh, includinghe load, greaer han
indicaed
C22aClosed o lorriesno meeing he
requiremens saedin Aricle 86d
C23-03Rush-hour lane closed
D3The sign may be passed
on eiher side
C16No access orpedesrians
C20No access or vehicles
wih an axle load greaerhan indicaed
C22bEnd o closure or
lorries no meeinghe requiremens
saed in Aricle 86d
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D5Insrucion o ollowhe direcion aheadshown by he arrow
E13
Parking aciliies orcar sharers
E1No parking
E5
Taxi rank
E9Parking or permi-
holders only
D6Insrucion o ollowone o he direcions
ahead shown byhe arrows
E2No sopping
E6
Parking ordisabled drivers
E10Enrance o conrolled
parking zone
D7Insrucion o ollowone o he direcions
ahead shown byhe arrows
E3No parking bicycles
or mopeds
E7
Parking permited or heimmediae loading andunloading o goods only
E11Enrance o conrolled
parking zone
D4Insrucion o drive
ahead only
E12
Park and ride aciliies
E4
Parking area
E8Parking aciliies only
or he caegory orgroup o vehicle shown
EParking andsopping
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F1No overaking
G1Moorway
F5Give way o oncoming
vehicles
G5Recreaion area
F9End o all resric ions
and advisories indicaedon an elecronicsignalling panel
F2End o no
overaking zone
G2End o moorway
F6Prioriy over
oncoming vehicles
G6End o recreaion area
F10Sop. The sign can
also conain urherinormaion as o whom
i is direced and why
F3No overaking o
cars by lorries
G3Main highway
F7No U-urns
G7Foopah
F4End o zone wih
no overaking o carsby lorries
G4End o main highway
F8End o all resr icions
imposed by rac signs
FOher signsgiving orders
G
TracRegulaions
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G9Bridleway
G8End o oopah
J1Uneven road
G13Opional cycle pah
J5Double bend, rs o le
H1Buil-up area
G10End o bridleway
J2Bend o righ
G14End o opional
cycle pah
J6Seep hill upward
H2End o buil-up area
G11Compulsory cycle lane
J3Bend o le
J7Seep hill downward
G12aRoue or pedal cycle
and mopeds only
G12End o compulsory
cycle lane
G12bEnd o roue or pedal
cycles and mopeds
J4Double bend, rs
o righ
HBuil-up area
JWarning signs
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J13Level crossing wih
wo or more racks
J25Loose chippings
J12Level crossing wih
single rack
J24Cycliss and moped
riders
J17Road narrows on
boh sides
J29Two-way rac
J9Roundabou
J21School crossing
J14Tram (crossing) ahead
J26Quayside or river bank
J18Road narrows on
he righ side
J30Low-fying
aircra
J10Level crossing wih
barrier or gaes ahead
J22Pedesrian crossing
J15Opening or swing
bridge ahead
J27Wild animals
J19Road narrows on
he le side
J31Side winds
J11Level crossing wihoubarrier or gaes ahead
J23Pedesrians
J16Road works ahead
J28Livesock
J8Dangerous crossing
J20Slippery road
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J37Danger. (Deails o he
danger are shown on heplae beneah)
J36Risk o ice or snow
K1Low level moorway
inormaion signshowing boh main
and inermediarydesinaions and hemoorway number
K4High level moorway inormaion sign showing
lane insruc ions or hrough rac and exi panelshowing inermediar y desinaions, wih he moor-
way number and European roue numbers
J38Road hump
K2Advance warning sign oa moorway showing hedisance o he nex exi
and desinaions aer heexi (he op desinaionis he name o he exi),
direcion o aerodrome/airpor and he road
number (non-moorway)
K3Inormaion sign
or exi o moorwayservice area, showing
he name o he res areaand symbols or
he services oered
K5Non-moorway advance
inormaion panelshowing inermediary
desinaions, road
numbers, a viaducsymbol and a sign or an
indusrial zone
K6Non-moorway
inormaion panelsshowing inermediary
desinaions and
non-moorway roadnumbers
KDirecion signs
J33Queues likely
J34Danger o accidens
J35Reduced visibiliy because
o snow, rain or og
J32Trac lighs
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K8Signposs (muliple)
or cycliss and mopedriders showing iner-mediary desinaions
and indicaing analernaive roue (inialics) o one o he
desinaions
K12Local signpos wihin abuil-up area showing
names o individualdisrics (in rac areas)
K7
Signposs or cycliss andmoped riders (nger poss)
showing local and inermediarydesinaions, municipal cycle
roue numbers (above) andshowing inermediary desi-
naions and inermediary cycleroue numbers (below)
K11Lane insrucions on a non-moorway highway. Panel
showing inermediary desi-naions, road numbers anddirecions o a moorway
K9Diversion wih alernaiveroue shown on an advancewarning panel or a non-
moorway highway
K13Signpos wihin a
buil-up area showingdisric numbers(in rac areas)
K10Advance warning panelwihin a buil-up area
showing an inermediarydesinaion, local desina-ions, local ouris sighs,
local aciliies and roadnumbers hrough he own
K14Roue or he
conveyance ohazardous maerials
LInormaion
L1No vehicles over heigh
shown
L5End o lane
L9
Advance warning o ano hrough road or
vehicles
L2Pedesrian crossing
L6Lane ork
L10
Advance warning orac inormaion or
he direcion shown
L3Bus/ram sop
L7Number o hrough
lanes
L11
Inormaion on panelapplies only o helane(s) indicaed
L4Ge in lane
L8
No hrough road orvehicles
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L13Model sign rac
unnel
L17Fire exinguisher
L14Hard shoulder
L18Emergency elephoneand re exinguisher
L15Hard shoulder equipped
wih emergency elephoneand re exinguisher
L19Neares exi or second
neares exis in hedirecions and a hedisances indicaed
on he sign
L12Inormaion on panel -applies only o he lane
indicaed
L16Emergency elephone
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Appendix 2Signals by auhorised
persons
General sop signals
Sop signal or racapproaching rom boh
ron and behind
Signal o reduce speed
Sop signal or racapproaching rom
he ron
Sop signal or racapproaching rom
he righ
Sop signal givenby lollipop lady using
he sign F 10
Sop signal or racapproaching rom
behind
Sop signal or rac orrac in ree-movinglanes. Trac in oherlanes o proceed wih
cauion. Clear hejuncion
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Appendix 3Defniions
Article 1
For he purpose o he presen Decree and all
provisions ha fow rom i, he meaning o he
ollowing erms shall be as ollows:
Ac:The Road Trac Ac 1994;
Ambulance: moor vehicle, equipped and inended
o be used or ambulance ranspor as reerred o
in he Duch law on conveyance by ambulance
(Ambulance Transpor Ac);
Animal ambulance: moor vehicle, equipped and
inended o be used or he ranspor o sick or
wounded animals;
Bicycles wih pedal assisance: bicycles equipped
wih an elecric assising engine wih a nominal
coninuous maximum oupu o 0.25 kW and whose
propulsion is gradually reduced and ulimaely
inerruped when he vehicle reaches he speed o
25 km/h, or sooner, i he driver sops pedalling
(Road Trac Ac);Bus: a moor vehicle designed o carry more han
eigh persons, excluding he driver;
Bus lane: a division o he carriageway marked by
broken or coninuous lines and indicaed by he
word BUS or SCHEDULED BUS;
Bus roue: a rac roue indicaed by he word BUS
or SCHEDULED BUS;Carriageway: any par o he road specically
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inended o be used by road vehicles and excluding
oopahs and cycle or moped racks;
Commercial vehicle: as indicaed in aricle 1.1, par h,
o he Vehicle Regulaions;Compeen auhoriies: hose auhoriies dened in
aricle 18, subsecion 1 o he Ac;
Coninuous carriageway: a carriageway wihou enry
and exi lanes;
Cycle lane: divisions o he main carriageway clearly
marked by broken or coninuous lines and showing
depicions o a bicycle;
Day: he period beween sunrise and sunse;
Divider: an area having several corners, on he road
surace, a poins where roads merge or diverge;
Driver o a moor vehicle:
1 any person in charge o a moor vehicle, or
2 where he moor vehicle in quesion is one
requiring a caegory B, C, D or E license or where he
vehicle has dual conrols and he driver is giving
driving uiion or conducing an ocial driving es
oher han a es such as is described
in Aricle 131, par 1 o he Road Trac Ac 1994;
Drivers: all road users exceping pedesrians;
Emergency vehicle: a moor vehicle ted wihacousic and visual alarm signals as described in
Aricle 29;
Enry lane: a secion o road ha is separaed by
markings rom he main carriageway ha is inended
o be used by drivers joining he main carriageway;
Exi lane: a secion o road ha is separaed by
markings rom he main carriageway ha is inendedo be used by drivers leaving he main carriageway;
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Give-way road markings: prioriy riangles on he
carriageway surace;
Giving prioriy: allowing cerain drivers o proceed
wihou obsrucing heir way;Goods vehicle: a moor vehicle wih a maximum
permited weigh o more han 3500 kg no inended
or carrying passengers;
Hard shoulder or reuge secions: areas a he edges
o moorway or main highway carriageways divided
by an unbroken line rom he main par o he
carriageway inended or use in emergencies, excep
or he period ha i is open as a rush-hour lane;
Illuminaed ransparency: as indicaed in aricle 1.1,
par bb1, o he Vehicle Regulaions;
Invalid carriage: a vehicle ha is specically designed
o be driven by a disabled driver and is no wider han
1.10 meres, which has no engine or is ted wih an
engine designed o resric he maximum speed o
45 km/h, and which is no a moped;
Juncion: A crossing or a division o roads, lanes and
carriageways;
Level crossing: an inersecion poin o a road and a
railway rack designaed by he sign J12 or J13;
Local rac: drivers whose desinaions include one ormore specic local sops ha are locaed on or in he
direc viciniy o a main road ha is closed o cerain
caegories o vehicles and ha can only be reached by
hese roues and also drivers o scheduled buses;
Main highway: a road designaed by sign G3; parking
areas, lling saions and bus sops locaed along
moorways are no regarded as being par o hemoorway;
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Microcar: a moped having more han wo wheels and
having a comparmen or he driver;
Miliary Convoy: a number o miliary vehicles or
alernaively a number o emergency services vehiclesdriving in he orm o a convoy and under he conrol
o a single commander, bearing ideniying
markings;
Moped:
a. a moor vehicle on wo wheels, wih a maximum
speed limied by is design o 45 km/h, equipped wih
an inernal combusion engine wih a maximum
cylinder capaciy o 50 cc or an elecric moor wih a
nominal coninuous maximum oupu o 4 kW, ha
is no an invalid carriage;
b. a moor vehicle on hree wheels, wih a maximum
speed limied by is design o 45 km/h, ha is no an
invalid carriage, equipped wih:
1. an engine wih elecric igniion and a maximum
cylinder capaciy o 50 cc;
2. an inernal combusion engine and a ne maxi-
mum oupu o 4 kW or engines oher han hose
indicaed in 1, or
3. an elecric moor wih a nominal coninuous
maximum oupu o 4 kW; orc. a moor vehicle on our wheels ha is no an
invalid carriage, wih a maximum speed limied
by is design o 45 km/h and an unladen weigh o
less han 350 kg, no including he weigh o he
bateries in elecric vehicles, equipped wih:
1. an engine wih elecric igniion wih a maximum
cylinder capaciy o 50 cc;2. an inernal combusion engine and a ne maxi-
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mum oupu o 4 kW or engines oher han hose
indicaed in 1, or
3. an elecric moor wih a nominal coninuous
maximum oupu o 4 kW. In any even, a vehicledesignaed as a moped according o he regisraion
issued will be considered a moped (Road Trac Ac);
Moor-assised bicycle: a moped ha, according o
he inormaion in he regiser or he regisraion
issued or he vehicle, is designed or a maximum
speed o 25 km/h;
Moor-assised railer bicycle: moped on hree
symmerical wheels, wih wo ron wheels wih a
diameer exceeding 0.60m, designed exclusively o
ranspor a driver/rider and goods and possibly a
passenger seaed behind he rider/driver;
Moorcycle: a moor vehicle on wo wheels, which
can have a side-car or pull a railer;
Moor vehicles: all moorised vehicles excep
mopeds, bicycles wih pedal assisance and invalid
carriages, inended o ravel oher han on rails;
Moorway: a road designaed by sign G 1; parking
areas, lling saions and bus sops locaed along
moorways are no regarded as being par o he
moorway;Nigh: he period beween sunse and sunrise;
No horoughare indicaion: an indicaion ha
access o he road in quesion is prohibied and he
road may no be used;
Parking: Sopping and leaving a vehicle or a purpose
oher han ha o allowing passengers o board or o
aligh or o load or unload goods;Parking areas or parking lanes: a paved srip
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alongside he main carriageway ha is inended
or saionary or parked vehicles;
Passenger car: as indicaed in aricle 1.1, par a,
o he Vehicle Regulaions;Road edges: he cambered edges o a carriageway;
Road rac: all road users;
Road users: pedesrians, cycliss, moped riders,
drivers o invalid carriages, moor vehicles or rams,
horse riders, persons accompanying animals or catle
and drivers o horse-drawn or oher wagons;
Rush-hour lane: he shoulder designaed as a rac
lane according o sign C23-01;
Saey Cell: Par o he srucure o a moped, a moor-
cycle or hree-wheeled moor vehicle ha proecs
he rider or passengers rom head injury;
Sea: a srucure especially consruced or ha
purpose and providing space or an adul. This may be
an individual sea as well as par o a bench providing
space or one person. An improvised sea or a sea or
use while saionary is no classied as a sea;
Services or emergency medical assisance:
ambulance services permited under he Ambulance
Transpor Ac o provide ambulance ranspor, as
well as vehicles equipped or ha purpose o oherassisance services providing rs-response
emergency assisance as insruced by a cenral
locaion as indicaed in Aricle 1 o he Ambulance
Transpor Ac;
Scheduled bus: a moor vehicle designed or he
public carriage o persons in he sense o he Carriage
o Persons Ac 2000;T100 bus: a bus designaed by a marking on is