Loading and unloading bay
Official name: Loading and unloading zone
Parking and stopping
Written by Chris Prosman Reviewed by Dirk van Zuijlen
Updated
- Sign code
- E7
- Category
- Parking and stopping
- Traffic signs
- Loading and unloading zone
Loading and unloading zone Use the place only for immediate loading or unloading of goods; merely waiting is not loading or unloading.
How to recognise the sign
Read the image, arrows and any text on sign E7; they distinguish this version within the parking and stopping category.
Supplementary panel and application
Check the indicated vehicle group, parking arrangement and any days or hours. The sign and supplementary panel together establish the parking arrangement here.
Difference from E1 — No parking
E7: Loading and unloading zone E1: No parking Read the separate application of E1 too; similar appearance does not mean identical meaning.
E1 — No parkingLegal basis
Explained in the course
Practise this sign for your theory exam
Loading and unloading bay belongs to the Parking and stopping 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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