What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?
- End of road section with an overtaking restriction.· Correct answer
- No overtaking for buses
- No overtaking of private vehicles.
- No overtaking for commercial vehicles.
Explanation
Sign 423 marks the end of the road section where overtaking is prohibited for heavy vehicles (over 4 tonnes). From this point a heavy vehicle is again permitted to overtake. This sign is similar to 421 but applies only to heavy vehicles.
How to approach it
Black lines + truck = end of the prohibition for heavy vehicles only
end of prohibitionovertakingheavy vehiclecommercial vehicle
Common mistake
Confusing 421 (general) with 423 (heavy vehicles only)
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