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Road Trafc Signs and Regulationsin the Netherlands


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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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6 | Minisry o Transpor, Public Works and Waer Managemen

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


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


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


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


wih a widh, includinghe load, greaer han

indicaed


carrying hazardoussubsances

C23-02Clear rush-hour lane

D2Insrucion o all drivers

o keep o he righ ohe sign (or le i arrow

is reversed)


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


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


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


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


he righ

Sop signal givenby lollipop lady using

he sign F 10


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

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