Sign C12: Closed to all motor vehicles

Legal meaning

Closed to all motor vehicles.

Source: RVV 1990 annex 1 · checked 2026-10-23

Shape and colour

Round white sign with a red rim and a black car above a motorcycle: closed to all motor vehicles.

Where the sign stands

At the start of the closed stretch, right after the junction, on the right; the exceptions are on a plate.

Supplementary plates with this sign

• 'Passenger car' sub-panel OB9 — Supplementary plate: the sign applies to passenger cars.
• 'Except heavy goods vehicle' sub-panel OB61 — Supplementary plate: except lorries.
• Sub-panel: does not apply to lorries and buses. OB63 — Supplementary plate: except lorries and buses.

What the exam asks about this sign

The core question: who may still enter? Everything without an engine: cyclists, pedestrians, riders — and light mopeds and mopeds? No, a moped and a light moped are motor vehicles, so they may not. Trap: candidates think the sign only covers cars because it shows a car and a motorcycle.

Often confused with

• Closed to motor vehicles with more than two wheels C6 — Only motor vehicles on more than two wheels; motorcycles may enter.
• Closed in both directions for vehicles C1 — Closed to all vehicles, bicycles included.
• Closed to motorcycles C11 — Only motorcycles.