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Wide trailer blocks view → extra outside mirrors. As soon as a wide trailer or caravan blocks your rearward view through the normal outside mirrors, you must fit extra outside mirrors.

Source: WVW 1994 art. 5 · checked 2026-10-23

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At the furniture centre in Utrecht you tie a bookcase onto the tailgate. It is firmly secured, but covers half of the rear number plate and part of the brake lights. Your navigation shows 40 more minutes of driving.

  1. Drive like this; the bookcase is firmly secured and the trip is manageable
  2. Reposition the bookcase, or fit an extra number plate and light bar
  3. Drive like this; half of the number plate is still readable
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Correct answer: Reposition the bookcase, or fit an extra number plate and light bar

False — You think a half-readable plate is enough. The number plate must be fully readable and may not be screened off; if the load covers it, reposition the load or fit an extra plate.

Why learners get this wrong: Your load may cover (part of) the lighting as long as it is well secured or the trip is short.

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On the A27 towards Breda your wide caravan hinders your rearward view through the normal outside mirrors, while the traffic info announces congestion at the next junction. What is required?

  1. Fit extra outside mirrors on the car
  2. Nothing — the inside mirror is enough then
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Correct answer: Fit extra outside mirrors on the car

Why learners get this wrong: With a trailer or caravan the inside mirror is enough; extra outside mirrors are not needed.

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Statement: during an autumn storm on the A50, your load may cover part of the rear lights as long as the rest of the lights stays visible.

  1. True
  2. False
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Correct answer: False

Why learners get this wrong: Your load may cover (part of) the lighting as long as it is well secured or the trip is short.

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At the Hornbach you load wide garden fence panels onto the back seat and boot, while the day's last sunbeams shine through the rear window. What must remain visible or usable? (multiple answers possible)

  1. Only the rear lights; the plate may be partly covered
  2. The licence plate front and rear (clearly readable)
  3. The lights and retroreflectors (not covered)
  4. The view out through the mirrors (unobstructed)
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Correct answer: The licence plate front and rear (clearly readable); The lights and retroreflectors (not covered); The view out through the mirrors (unobstructed)

Why learners get this wrong: Load may partly cover the licence plate as long as a bit of it stays readable.

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In the queue for the ferry to Terschelling you hitch a wide caravan. Through the normal outside mirrors you mostly see the caravan and hardly the traffic behind you. It is 07:50 and the boat leaves soon. May you drive on board like this?

  1. Yes, extra outside mirrors are advice here, not a duty
  2. Yes, through the inside mirror you see the traffic behind you well enough
  3. No, first fit extra outside mirrors that look past the caravan
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Correct answer: No, first fit extra outside mirrors that look past the caravan

False — you rely on the inside mirror. With a caravan behind, the inside mirror looks straight at the caravan; if the caravan blocks your view through the normal outside mirrors, you must fit extra outside mirrors

Why learners get this wrong: Extra outside mirrors for a wide trailer are advice, not an obligation.

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