No motor vehicles
Official name: Closed to all motor vehicles
Prohibition
Written by Chris Prosman Reviewed by Dirk van Zuijlen
Updated
- Sign code
- C12
- Category
- Prohibition
- Traffic signs
- Closed to all motor vehicles.
C12 means closed to all motor vehicles. The car and motorcycle on the circular sign show that motorcycles are included. Its closure is broader than a sign covering only motor vehicles with more than two wheels.
What to do at this sign
Before reaching the sign, check whether a supplementary panel provides an exemption. A small, electric or quiet vehicle is not automatically exempt. Consider its legal category and the provisions applying to that category.
Example on the road
C12 stands at a street without a supplementary panel. Neither an ordinary car nor a motorcycle may enter. A motorcyclist cannot rely on having only two wheels: that category is included by this sign.
Other conditions to check
The RVV definition of motor vehicles differs from everyday use of the term. Microcars are also subject to the additional provisions of Article 2a. For a special vehicle category, a pictogram alone is therefore no substitute for the full legal description.
How to recognise the sign
A circular red-bordered sign; read its symbol, text or number for the precise restriction.
Difference from C6 — No cars
C6 concerns motor vehicles with more than two wheels. C12 concerns all motor vehicles, including motorcycles.
C6 — No carsLegal basis
Frequently asked questions
- May I ride a motorcycle past C12?
- No, unless an applicable exemption expressly permits it.
- Are electric cars automatically exempt?
- No. Their propulsion does not itself create an exemption from C12.
Explained in the course
Practise this sign for your theory exam
No motor vehicles belongs to the Prohibition category. In the CBR theory exam a traffic sign is almost never asked on its own: you are shown a situation and have to know what you may or must do in it. In the free sign trainer you practise the signs by category, with the explanation shown right after every answer.
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