501-24 indicates one lane must crossover. Motor vehicles with a maximum authorized mass of more than 3,5 t with trailer are not permitted. Route direction for hazardous cargos and water polluting cargo respectively. Bollard; placed before pedestrian walking areas or bicycle paths. Sign indicating exit distance to the next city on roads other than Autobahn. Please compare it with sign 286-31. Number of arrows indicates number of lanes on the road. Parking is also not allowed in this lane. Lanes shift to right (There is no median; compare signs in 505 category). Motor vehicles with dangerous goods are not permitted
Similar to previous 505 Signs, Lane shift of the median. Direction to nearest Autobahn entrance and nearest city through this Autobahn. of no parking zone. Motorcycles also with sidecar, mopeds and mopeds allowed This number is used on traffic tickets and accident reports when a sign is involved in the incident. Direction sign on Autobahn. Water protection zone. Posted on or before streets on which pedestrians and playing children have priority. No parking or a more than 3 minutes longer stop is not permitted on both sides of this sign. Each Autobahn exit has a unique number. Installation on the left side of road and parking prohibition is also only on the left side. Indicates exit to the mentioned city/cities. End of pedestrian zone.
All green signals (green wave) at mentioned speed in km/h More information about emission zones is available under A short stop up to 3 minutes is allowed. distance in meters to the end of
Signpost at junction leading onto a minor road (roads to smaller cities or towns).
Exit board on the roads other than Autobahn.
Please see Danger signs / Warning signs are placed 150m-250m before the approaching danger.
A lane is added on the left side. The second lane is used by oncoming traffic.
prevent the traffic flow on busy sections with respect to a green single wave. Timed Parking.
This sign is posted at the entrances to an area where parking is prohibited on all streets until the "End of parking restriction zone" sign 290.2 is reached. to left. Vehicles over mentioned width (sign 264) are not allowed in the left Detour supplementary sign. Only difference is that, this sign is placed on the right side of the road. Recommended alternate Autobahn route; indicating straight ahead. (They are permitted without trailer). In case of one-way-street, zipper rule applies. Sign 455.1-50 is normally placed with Indicates an area where only pedestrians are permitted.
When the word "frei" is written with any symbol or statement, Deflector plate (Obstruction marker). Indicates stretches of road that may be slippery when wet or dirty. Sign 501-15 indicates two of three lanes must shift Oncoming traffic must yield. Narrowed clearance by trees.
Indicates total vehicle weight limit.
Parking with disc for mentioned number of hours (here allowed for 2 hours.) Detour information sign. two lanes. Prioritize rail transport. Frei means allowed in the traffic sense.
Pay attention to children - installation on the left side of road. it indicates this action or vehicle is allowed. In case of one-way-street, zipper rule applies.
Speed can be increased up to 100km/h. Sign 274-60 together with sign 276 is called Streckenverbot (en-route or road restriction) in German.
This sign also indicates the direction to parking area.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, at mentioned duration of time mentioned width (sign 264) are not allowed in left two lanes. Point of interest. The last of the road signs above is a critical one to know to avoid a parking ticket. Detouring onto opposite lane. Parking on sidewalks completely left in driving direction. Direction to Autobahn routes with city names and highway or Autobahn numbers. "Werktag" means working days. number of Autobahn. A supplementary sign may explains the nature of danger. Here are a few tips to help you avoid unnecessary travel stress when When traveling abroad, it's easy to get confused by the variety of unfamiliar traffic signs spread about the country.
No parking. An arrow above the corss indicates start of waiting zone.
must be obeyed.
Autohof is 24 hr operated service area off the autobahn. mentioned width (sign 264) are not allowed in left two lanes. Please also see
Indicates the number of the German Federal highway. parking disc or voucher as indicated by additional sign. Indicates that the path is restricted to and mandatory for horse riders.
A layout of the detour route. The easy way to read these signs is to imagine them along the flow of raod (rotate them at 90 degree in your mind). Park and group ride. Pedestrians must use the sidewalk on the left side of the road. Lanes shift to left (There is no median; compare signs in 505 category). At intersections, their An example of the main detour sign with a supplementary sign
Only semitrailer vehicles and trucks with trailers Parking disk. Traffic directed by School guard or traffic helper. This sign indicates a priority at all upcoming intersections and destinations. The speed limit would be now 50 km/h.
Same sign as previous one (283-20) End of no parking or stopping area.
However, there are few exceptions. Vehicles over
Exits marked by this sign are the only authorized exits from the Autobahn. Autobahn detour direction sign; arrange in the right lane. Pedestrian may cross the road - installation on the right side of road. Vehicles over
Tourist attraction point: A river or a canal name. Yellow colored name All tourist attraction signs are always Sign 278-60 and Sign 280 are used to show End of the maximum speed limit, and passing restriction either together or both can be merged into a single Sign 282. Unguarded water body along the road is appraoching.