Sign C9: Closed to riders
Legal meaning
Closed to riders, cattle, carts, motor vehicles that cannot or may not travel faster than 25 km/h and microcars, as well as bicycles, mopeds and disabled persons' vehicles.
Shape and colour
Round white sign with a red rim and several black symbols (rider, cattle, cart, bicycle): closed to all slow traffic.
Where the sign stands
At the start of the closed stretch, right after the junction, on the right; usually at the entry of a busy road.
Supplementary plates with this sign
- The sign applies only to horse riders
OB1— Supplementary plate: the sign applies only to horse riders. - The sign does not apply to horse riders (riders excepted)
OB51— Supplementary plate: except horse riders. - The sign does not apply to microcars/moped cars (excepted)
OB65— Supplementary plate: except microcars. - The sign does not apply to disabled-person vehicles (excepted)
OB66— Supplementary plate: except disabled persons' vehicles.
What the exam asks about this sign
The exam asks whom this sign affects: riders, cattle, carts (handcarts, horse-drawn wagons), cyclists, mopeds, disabled vehicles and other slow vehicles. Motor vehicles drive on. The sign often stands at a busy road without a separate cycle path. Trap: candidates think only riders are excluded because of the horse in the pictogram.
Often confused with
- Closed to agricultural and forestry tractors
C8— Only tractors and slow motor vehicles. - Closed to bicycles, mopeds and disabled persons' vehicles
C15— Only bicycles, mopeds and disabled vehicles. - Mandatory cycle path; cyclists must use this path
G11— Compulsory cycle path: where cyclists belong instead.