Maximum length
Official name: Closed to vehicles and vehicle combinations longer than indicated (including load)
Prohibition
Written by Chris Prosman Reviewed by Dirk van Zuijlen
Updated
- Sign code
- C17
- Category
- Prohibition
- Traffic signs
- Closed to vehicles and combinations longer than 10 metres.
Closed to vehicles and combinations longer than 10 metres. Compare the total length of the vehicle or combination, including its load, with the value in metres.
How to recognise the sign
A circular red-bordered sign; read its symbol, text or number for the precise restriction.
Supplementary panel and application
Read a supplementary panel as part of the closure. “Uitgezonderd” (except) with a symbol indicates an exemption; a symbol alone can instead limit application to that group.
Difference from C18 — Maximum width
C17: Closed to vehicles and combinations longer than 10 metres. C18: Closed to vehicles wider than 2.3 metres. Read the separate application of C18 too; similar appearance does not mean identical meaning.
C18 — Maximum widthLegal basis
Explained in the course
Practise this sign for your theory exam
Maximum length 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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