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With a trailer in a built-up area: 50 km/h

Inside a built-up area the speed limit with a trailer is the same as without: 50 km/h. The difference only appears outside built-up areas and on motorway-class roads, where the combination is bound to lower limits (80, and 90 on 'autoweg' and motorway).

Source: RVV 1990 art. 22 · checked 2026-10-23

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With a caravan you drive outside the built-up area on an ordinary provincial road in Twente (no expressway, no motorway). What is your maximum speed?

  1. 80 km/h — outside the built-up area on an ordinary road
  2. 90 km/h — outside the built-up area you may do 90 with a trailer
  3. 100 km/h — traffic goes faster outside the built-up area
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Correct answer: 80 km/h — outside the built-up area on an ordinary road

Why learners get this wrong: Outside the built-up area you may drive 90 km/h everywhere with a trailer.

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With your off-road vehicle and your BE licence you tow a horse trailer with a permitted maximum mass of exactly 3,500 kg along the A28 towards Drachten. No other signs apply. What is your maximum speed there?

  1. 90 km/h, because the trailer is not heavier than 3,500 kg
  2. 80 km/h, because from 3,500 kg the 90 no longer applies
  3. 100 km/h, because that is the maximum with a trailer on the motorway
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Correct answer: 90 km/h, because the trailer is not heavier than 3,500 kg

False — you place the limit wrongly. The 90 km/h on expressways and motorways applies when the trailer's permitted maximum mass is not more than 3,500 kg; exactly 3,500 kg still qualifies. Only above that does it stay 80

Why learners get this wrong: With a trailer of exactly 3,500 kg you may no longer do 90 on the motorway, only 80 km/h.

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You are driving on a three-lane motorway with your car and a caravan with a permitted maximum mass of 1,200 kg; the combination is 8 metres long. Traffic is light and you want to pass a lorry.

  1. At most 90 km/h, and overtake using the middle lane
  2. At most 100 km/h, and overtake using the middle lane
  3. At most 90 km/h, and overtake using the left lane
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Correct answer: At most 90 km/h, and overtake using the middle lane

False — You use the left lane with a combination longer than 7 metres. On a motorway with three or more lanes such a combination stays in the two rightmost lanes, except to get in lane for a turn.

Why learners get this wrong: On the motorway you may drive at most 100 km/h with a trailer or caravan.

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Outside the built-up area you are driving on an expressway with your car and a trailer with a permitted maximum mass of 1,400 kg. A sign beside the road shows 100 km/h. What is the highest speed you may drive here?

  1. 90 km/h, the maximum with a trailer
  2. 100 km/h, what the sign beside the road shows
  3. 80 km/h, because the expressway is outside the built-up area
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Correct answer: 90 km/h, the maximum with a trailer

False — You follow the sign as if you had no trailer. With a trailer a separate maximum applies: 90 km/h on expressways and motorways up to 3,500 kg, even when the sign allows more.

Why learners get this wrong: With a trailer you may go as fast as an ordinary car, so simply whatever the speed sign shows.

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What is the maximum speed (in km/h) with a trailer or caravan inside the built-up area?

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Correct answer: 50 km/u

Correct: 50.0 km/u (±5.0).

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