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The motorway

Fast roads: speed, breakdowns, rescue lanes and what is banned.

1. What a motorway is2. Speed on a motorway3. Speed signs on a motorway4. Minimum speed5. Towing and exit speed6. Smog7. Studded tyres8. Breakdown lane9. Warning triangle10. Where to wait11. Reflective jacket12. Emergency number13. Rush-hour lane14. Rush-hour lane signals15. Breakdown on a rush-hour lane16. Rescue lane17. Wrong-way drivers18. Why it's dangerous19. How to react20. Overtaking on the motorway21. Traffic jam22. Motorcycles in queues23. Joining the motorway24. What is banned25. Interchange26. Temporary licence
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What a motorway is

This blue sign marks the beginning of a motorway. From this point on, motorway rules apply, and slow vehicles like mopeds and agricultural vehicles are strictly forbidden.

This blue sign marks the beginning of a motorway. From this point on, motorway rules apply, and slow vehicles like mopeds and agricultural vehicles are strictly forbidden.

A road built for fast traffic with no level crossroads or traffic lights. Entry and exit are marked by signs. Mopeds, farm vehicles and some other slow vehicles are banned.
Start or entry of a motorway.
End or exit of a motorway.
§Official source · art. 21.1 · last amended 2018-04-01

De toegang tot de autosnelwegen is verboden : - aan de voetgangers, (...) aan de bestuurders van rijwielen, van bromfietsen en van dieren; - aan de bestuurders van voertuigen of slepen die op een horizontale weg de snelheid van 70 km per uur niet kunnen bereiken;

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  1. Speed on a motorway
  2. Speed signs on a motorway
  3. Minimum speed
  4. Towing and exit speed
  5. Smog
  6. Studded tyres
  7. Breakdown lane
  8. Warning triangle
  9. Where to wait
  10. Reflective jacket
  11. Emergency number
  12. Rush-hour lane
  13. Rush-hour lane signals
  14. Breakdown on a rush-hour lane
  15. Rescue lane
  16. Wrong-way drivers
  17. Why it's dangerous
  18. How to react
  19. Overtaking on the motorway
  20. Traffic jam
  21. Motorcycles in queues
  22. Joining the motorway
  23. What is banned
  24. Interchange
  25. Temporary licence

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