At a primary school in Steenbergen there is a '30 km/h zone' sign. What is the maximum speed (in km/h) in such a zone?
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Correct answer: 30 km/u
Correct: 30.0 km/u (±2.0).
RVV 1990 art. 20: 50 km/h in the built-up area
Inside the built-up area the speed limit for motor vehicles is 50 km/h (mopeds 45 on the carriageway, 30 on the cycle/moped path).
How the exam asks it
One evening you drive outside the built-up area near Apeldoorn on a winding country road with no speed sign; the limit here is 80 km/h. After a sharp bend you can see only about 30 metres of the road. You must then drive so slowly that you can stop within those 30 metres.
- True
- False
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Correct answer: True
False — you think only the 80 km/h limit counts. On top of the limit you must always be able to stop within the distance you can see and that is clear. If you can see only 30 metres of road, you drive much slower than 80. (VekaBest H1 begrippenkader (wettelijke basis, RVV art. 19/63) — THIN ATOM, geen VekaBest-hoofdstuk 7-herhaling; zie h04_snelheid_afstand voor het boekmateriaal p.117-126)
Why learners get this wrong: The rule 'you must be able to stop within the distance you can see to be clear' sets a fixed maximum speed in km/h, just like the other speed rules.
About Maximum speeds per road type: the five-rung ladder: which statement is WRONG?
- The text itself explicitly says 'unless signs indicate a different maximum'.
- The woonerf has its own, lower maximum of 15 km/u; the 30 km-zone a separate maximum of 30 km/u.
- Km/u applies on ORDINARY roads outside the built-up area.
- The standard maximum speed on the autosnelweg is 100 km/u.
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Correct answer: The standard maximum speed on the autosnelweg is 100 km/u.
The LEGAL standard speed on motorways is 130 km/u; 100 is the daytime reduction between 06:00 and 19:00. This atom only covers the non-motorway ladder; the day/night nuance lives in the sister atom
Why learners get this wrong: Within the built-up area exactly 50 km/u always applies; signs can never change that.