Chapter 25

Question 1

How is the difference between parking, waiting and stopping?

Answer 1

Waiting is the time needed to drop off or in quickly a person.
Also, the time to load or unload goods.
Parking is when it takes longer to let passengers out or unload goods.
Stopping occurs when a car is stopped on a traffic light or behind a bus that is at the bus stop.

Question 2

What is an immobilized vehicle?

Answer 2

A car that has stopped because of an accidents, broken down or any other reason.
It must be signaled with a orange triangle and it is not considered on the waiting or parking classification.

Question 3

Are you allowed to wait or park on the verge?

Answer 3

Yes. Within the built up area on the verge.

Outside the built up area on the verge and raised verge.

Question 4

Are you allowed to wait or park on the area marked with solid white line on the lane?

Answer 4

Yes. Only on the area separated with the solid white line.

Question 5

Are you allowed to park partly on the verge and partly on the road?

Answer 5

Yes. When the verge is not wide enough you can park partly on the lane. BUT you must allow at leas 1.5m free passage for the pedestrians.

Question 6

Are you allowed to park both sides on a one way street?

Answer 6

Yes.

Question 7

Are you allowed to park on the motorway or express road?

Answer 7

No. Not on the lanes, access or exit lanes, or emergency lanes.

Question 8

Are you allowed to park on the pavement footpath or a raised verge?

Answer 8

No. You are not allowed to park where the pedestrians pass.

You can park on a raised verge, outside the built-up area.

Question 9

Are you allowed to park on a cycle lane, a bus lane or a special reserved route?

Answer 9

No. In the cycles lane definitely no.

On the bus lane you can only drive to make a turn or overpass an obstacle.

Question 10

Are you allowed to park on a displacement area or traffic island?

Answer 10

No.

Question 11

Are you allowed to park at the start or end of a cycle lane?

Answer 11

No. You must leave 5 meters before and after free for cyclist to pass.

Question 12

Are you allowed to park on a level crossing?

Answer 12

No.

Question 13

Are you allowed to park at a junction without traffic lights?

Answer 13

You must leave 5 m at all the sides of the junctions.

Question 14

Are you allowed to park at a junction with traffic lights?

Answer 14

You can not wait or park 20 m before the traffic light.

Question 15

Are you allowed to park at a traffic light (without any junction or crossroad near)?

Answer 15

Yes, as long as the traffic light or sign is 2 m high and the car behind you is not higher than 1.65m.

Question 16

Are you allowed to park on the crossing?

Answer 16

You have to leave 5 m before the crossing of pedestrians and cyclists.

Question 17

Where else on the road the parking is prohibited?

Answer 17

Under a bridge, in a tunnel, near a brow of a hill, before or in a blind corner.