Sometimes a sign is not alone — below it hangs a small white plate with a black border. A plate clarifies or limits the effect of the sign it goes with (Article 68.I): where, when, for whom. It is placed directly under the sign; when the sign hangs over the carriageway, plates 7.2.2–7.2.4 and 7.13 may be beside it (Article 68.II).
Distance, zone, direction (7.1–7.3)
- 7.1.1 — distance from the sign to the place (danger, start of a ban); 7.1.2 — distance to a STOP sign 2.5; 7.1.3 / 7.1.4 — distance and direction to a place to the side.
- 7.2.1–7.2.7 — the zone of the sign: 7.2.1 — its length; 7.2.2 — the zone starts here and runs this far; 7.2.3 — end of the zone; 7.2.4 — you are inside the zone, which extends both ways. The zones of 3.16, 3.26 and 3.27–3.30 can be shortened with these plates (Article 64.VIII).
- 7.3.1–7.3.3 — direction of application: which way a stopping or standing ban at the roadside extends.
For whom and when (7.4, 7.5)
7.4.1–7.4.8 — the sign applies only to the type of vehicle shown: lorries, lorries with trailers, cars, buses, tractors, motorcycles, bicycles, small electric vehicles. 7.5.1–7.5.7 — the days and hours when the sign applies: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, working days, days of the week, a time range. 7.5.8 «Service parking place» and 7.5.9 parking for charging electric vehicles were added in 2024.
Parking, mass and other plates
- 7.6.1–7.6.9 — how to park at a 5.15 parking place: at the edge of the carriageway, with one or both wheels on the pavement, lengthwise or across.
- 7.7 — parking with the engine off; 7.8 — paid services (new design since 2024); 7.9 — limited parking time; 7.10 — vehicle inspection place.
- 7.11 — the sign applies only to vehicles whose permitted maximum mass exceeds the figure; 7.12 — dangerous road edge (driving onto the shoulder is dangerous).
- 7.13 — the direction of the main road at the junction (thick line); 7.14 — the sign applies only to the lane shown.
- 7.15 — blind pedestrians cross here; 7.16 — the sign applies only when the road surface is wet; 7.17 / 7.18 — for persons with disabilities / except them; 7.19 — drive with dipped headlights.
Who does it apply to?
Problem
Under sign 3.20 «No overtaking» there is plate 7.4.1 (a lorry). Elvin drives a car. May he overtake the slow tractor ahead?
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Solution
Remember
- A plate clarifies or limits the sign and is placed directly under it.
- 7.1 — distance, 7.2 — zone, 7.3 — direction, 7.4 — vehicle type, 7.5 — time, 7.6 — how to park.
- 7.13 shows the direction of the main road, 7.14 the lane the sign applies to.
- 7.16 — the sign applies only on a wet road; 7.11 — only to vehicles heavier than shown.