Lay-by on the left
Official name: Passing place on the left of the road
Information
Written by Chris Prosman Reviewed by Dirk van Zuijlen
Updated
- Sign code
- L21
- Category
- Information
- Traffic signs
- Passing place on the left side of the road.
Passing place on the left side of the road. The passing place is on the left; first check that you can reach it without conflicting with oncoming traffic.
How to recognise the sign
Read the image, arrows and any text on sign L21; they distinguish this version within the information category.
Difference from L20 — Lay-by on the right
L21: Passing place on the left side of the road. L20: Passing place on the right side of the road. Read the separate application of L20 too; similar appearance does not mean identical meaning.
L20 — Lay-by on the rightLegal basis
Explained in the course
Practise this sign for your theory exam
Lay-by on the left belongs to the Information 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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