Built-up areas and living zones
Recognise a built-up area, a zone, a residential area, a play street and a school street, and know how to behave in each.
1. Built-up area2. Zone signs3. Residential area (woonerf)4. Play streets, school streets and schools
Section 1Built-up area
Built-up area
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Passing this sign marks the entrance to a built-up area, where specific traffic regulations apply.
You enter a built-up area when you pass a 'start of built-up area' sign, and you leave it at the matching 'end' sign. Special traffic rules apply inside.
Start of built-up area
End of built-up area
Start, without place name
End, without place name
Start, wide version
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- Place name sign
- Zone
- Electronic zone sign
- Residential area
- Speed and parking in a residential area
- Play street
- School street
- Driving in a school street
- School environment
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