What the exam asks here: Ask three drivers at the next petrol station and you get the same answer: '130, right?
Many learners think: Autoweg (expressway) and autosnelweg (motorway) are the same kind of road, with the same minimum speed and hard shoulder.
The rule is: An autoweg (G3) requires min. 50 km/u and may have at-grade junctions; an autosnelweg (G1) requires min. 60 km/u, always has separated carriageways with a hard shoulder, and never at-grade junctions
Ask three drivers at the next petrol station and you get the same answer: '130, right? That's the motorway speed nowadays, isn't it?' The CBR exam designer counts on exactly that reflex. The book does not give a single number — it gives a day clock. During the day a completely different number applies than in the evening.
During the day, between 6.00 and 19.00, the maximum speed on motorways is 100 km/u (Book p.71). In the evening and at night the legal standard of 130 km/u applies, but signs and matrix boards set 100 or 120 on many stretches — so always check the signs, never assume a blanket 130 (Book p.71: 100, 120 or 130). So on Tuesday afternoon at quarter to two, you are simply in the 100 km/u branch.
Two signs, two rule sets. Autoweg (sign G3): open only to motor vehicles able and permitted to drive at least 50 km/u; the carriageway can be separated or unseparated, and at-grade junctions or roundabouts occur. Autosnelweg (sign G1): at least 60 km/u, always separated carriageways with at least two lanes, a hard shoulder on the right, never an at-grade junction. On both autowegen and autosnelwegen a fixed list of prohibitions applies: no reversing, no U-turns, no stopping on the carriageway, and no use of the hard shoulder, refuge bay or verge — not with the car, not on foot either — except in an emergency. If the motorway has more than two lanes, trucks and vehicle combinations longer than 7 metres together must use the two right-hand lanes; the left lanes are then not for them, except when merging into position for an exit. This restriction does not apply to an ordinary car.
These rules exist because a motorway only stays safe if everyone on it can at least keep up with the flow — a slow vehicle among cars doing 100+ km/u is an obstacle that suddenly stands still. The list of prohibitions prevents exactly the situations where that happens: U-turning, reversing, or stopping in the middle of a road with no at-grade junction, where nobody sees it coming. And the two-right-lanes rule for long combinations keeps the left lanes clear for faster, more manoeuvrable traffic.
Tuesday afternoon 14:00 on the A32 near Oldeberkoop, the matrix sign shows no separate number. What is the maximum speed?
Explain: what is the difference between the minimum speed at sign G3/G1 and the maximum speed on the motorway, and when does which maximum speed apply?
Day: 100. Evening/night: 100/120/130. G3 = min. 50 · G1 = min. 60 (that's entry, not a limit). Forbidden: reversing/U-turn/stopping/hard shoulder, except emergency. >2 lanes: truck/long combo stays right.
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G3Tuesday afternoon, quarter to two, you are driving on the A32 near Oldeberkoop. The digital matrix sign above the road shows no separate number — it is blank. What is the maximum speed right now?
During the day, between 6.00 and 19.00, the maximum speed on motorways is 100 km/u (Book p.71). In the evening and at night the legal standard of 130 km/u applies, but signs and matrix boards set 100 or 120 on many stretches — so always check the signs, never assume a blanket 130 (Book p.71: 100, 120 or 130). So on Tuesday afternoon at quarter to two, you are simply in the 100 km/u branch.
Correct answer: 100 km/u
Why learners get this wrong: On the motorway you may always drive 130 km/u, unless a sign says otherwise.
Correct answer: False
Why learners get this wrong: Autoweg (expressway) and autosnelweg (motorway) are the same kind of road, with the same minimum speed and hard shoulder.
Correct answer: You stay in the queue; the hard shoulder is for a breakdown or another emergency
False — driving slowly does not make it safe. Reversing is forbidden on the motorway, and you only use the hard shoulder with your car in an emergency
Why learners get this wrong: In a stationary traffic jam you may reverse at walking pace along the hard shoulder to reach an exit you have just passed.
Correct answer: 50 km/u
Correct: 50.0 km/u.
Correct answer: Reversing on the carriageway; Making a U-turn on the carriageway; Stopping on the carriageway
False — ly selected
Why learners get this wrong: In a traffic jam you may use the hard shoulder with your car to avoid the queue.
Correct answer: False
Why learners get this wrong: With more than two lanes, no vehicle at all may use the left-hand lanes, not even an ordinary car.
Correct answer: 100 km/u
Day (6-19h): 100 · evening/night: 100/120/130
Why learners get this wrong: On the motorway you may always drive 130 km/u, unless a sign says otherwise.
Correct answer: True
During the day (6.00-19.00) the maximum speed is 100 km/u; in the evening and at night it is 100, 120 or 130 km/u. 130 is not the default, it is the highest of three possible evening/night values
Why learners get this wrong: On the motorway you may always drive 130 km/u, unless a sign says otherwise.
Correct answer: Autoweg (expressway) and autosnelweg (motorway) are the same kind of road, with the same minimum speed and hard shoulder.
An autoweg (G3) requires min. 50 km/u and may have at-grade junctions; an autosnelweg (G1) requires min. 60 km/u, always has separated carriageways with a hard shoulder, and never at-grade junctions
Why learners get this wrong: In a traffic jam you may use the hard shoulder with your car to avoid the queue.
Correct answer: The 50 km/u at sign G3 and the 60 km/u at sign G1 are maximum speeds for that road.
'able and permitted to drive 50/60 km/u' is an access requirement for the vehicle (a floor), not a speed limit. The maximum speed on motorways is stated separately: 100 km/u during the day, 100/120/130 in the evening and at night
Why learners get this wrong: Autoweg (expressway) and autosnelweg (motorway) are the same kind of road, with the same minimum speed and hard shoulder.
No. An autoweg (G3) requires min. 50 km/u and may have at-grade junctions; an autosnelweg (G1) requires min. 60 km/u, always has separated carriageways with a hard shoulder, and never at-grade junctions
No. During the day (6.00-19.00) the maximum speed is 100 km/u; in the evening and at night it is 100, 120 or 130 km/u. 130 is not the default, it is the highest of three possible evening/night values
No. 'able and permitted to drive 50/60 km/u' is an access requirement for the vehicle (a floor), not a speed limit. The maximum speed on motorways is stated separately: 100 km/u during the day, 100/120/130 in the evening and at night
No. Using the hard shoulder, refuge bay or verge with the car is forbidden, except in an emergency (for example a breakdown). Losing time in a traffic jam is not an emergency
No. The duty to use only the two right-hand lanes when there are more than two lanes applies specifically to trucks and to vehicle-plus-trailer combinations longer than 7 metres together. An ordinary car may use every lane