Key Numbers

Every number the exam likes to ask, on one page. Use it for revision after you have read the lessons, because each number has conditions that the lessons explain.

Speed

Who and where	Limit (km/h)
Any vehicle in a residential zone or courtyard	20
Any vehicle in a built-up area	60
Passenger car or truck up to 3.5 t, outside built-up areas	90
Passenger car or truck up to 3.5 t, on a motorway	110
Intercity bus, on all roads outside built-up areas	90
Other bus, or truck over 3.5 t, outside built-up areas	70
Passenger car with a trailer, outside built-up areas	70
Passenger car with a trailer, on a motorway	90
Towing a mechanical vehicle	50
People in a truck body, or organized groups of children	60

Stopping and parking

Rule	Number
Stopping lasts up to	5 minutes, or as long as boarding or loading takes
No stopping or parking before a pedestrian crossing, closer than	5 m
No stopping or parking from the edge of an intersecting carriageway, closer than	5 m
No stopping or parking from stopping point indicators, closer than	15 m
No parking from a railway crossing, closer than	50 m
No stopping if the gap to a solid line is less than	3 m
No stopping at a dangerous turn with visibility under	100 m

On the move

Rule	Number
No overtaking before a railway crossing, within	100 m
No U-turn with visibility under	100 m
Dip your headlights from an oncoming vehicle, at not less than	150 m
No motorway for vehicles that can’t exceed	40 km/h
At a railway crossing with no line or sign: stop from the barrier at	5 m
At a railway crossing with no barrier: stop from the nearest rail at	10 m

Signs

Rule	Number
Warning signs in a built-up area stand before the danger at	50 to 100 m
Warning signs outside built-up areas stand before the danger at	150 to 300 m
“Emergency stop” sign in a built-up area, at not less than	15 m
“Emergency stop” sign outside built-up areas, at not less than	30 m

Towing and loads

Rule	Number
Rigid coupling, not more than	4 m
Flexible coupling	4 to 6 m
Mark a load sticking out at the front or rear by more than	1 m
Mark a load sticking out at the side by more than	0.4 m

Your vehicle

Minimum tyre tread	Number
Motorcycle	0.8 mm
Truck	1.0 mm
Passenger car	1.6 mm
Bus	2.0 mm

Licences and paperwork

Rule	Number
National licence valid for	10 years
International licence valid for up to	3 years
Register a vehicle within	15 days
Trailer allowed on your existing licence, up to	750 kg

First aid

Rule	Number
Tourniquet in warm weather, at most	1 hour
Tourniquet in cold weather, at most	Half an hour
Cool a burn with water for	20 minutes
Check an unconscious casualty’s breathing for	10 seconds