Stop for traffic controllers, customs or police
Official name: Stop. The sign may indicate by whom or why it applies
Other mandatory and prohibitory signs
Written by Chris Prosman Reviewed by Dirk van Zuijlen
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- Sign code
- F10
- Category
- Other mandatory and prohibitory signs
- Traffic signs
- Stop. This sign is mostly used by traffic controllers, such as school crossing guards (klaar-overs). Customs or police can use it too; the sign then says douane (customs) or politie (police).
Stop. This sign is mostly used by traffic controllers, such as school crossing guards (klaar-overs). Customs or police can use it too; the sign then says douane (customs) or politie (police). Stop at this sign and read who is giving the instruction or why it applies.
How to recognise the sign
A circular red-bordered sign; read its symbol, text or number for the precise restriction.
Difference from B7 — Stop sign
F10: Stop. This sign is mostly used by traffic controllers, such as school crossing guards (klaar-overs). Customs or police can use it too; the sign then says douane (customs) or politie (police). B7: Stop and give way to drivers on the intersecting road. Read the separate application of B7 too; similar appearance does not mean identical meaning.
B7 — Stop signLegal basis
Explained in the course
Practise this sign for your theory exam
Stop for traffic controllers, customs or police belongs to the Other mandatory and prohibitory signs 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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