No overtaking for lorries
Official name: No overtaking of motor vehicles by trucks
Other mandatory and prohibitory signs
Written by Chris Prosman Reviewed by Dirk van Zuijlen
Updated
- Sign code
- F3
- Category
- Other mandatory and prohibitory signs
- Traffic signs
- Trucks may not overtake motor vehicles.
Trucks may not overtake motor vehicles. Lorries must not overtake motor vehicles here; the sign does not give other drivers a right to overtake.
How to recognise the sign
A circular red-bordered sign; read its symbol, text or number for the precise restriction.
Difference from F1 — No overtaking
F3: Trucks may not overtake motor vehicles. F1: Motor vehicles may not overtake each other. Read the separate application of F1 too; similar appearance does not mean identical meaning.
F1 — No overtakingLegal basis
Explained in the course
Practise this sign for your theory exam
No overtaking for lorries 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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