Sign E1: No parking

Legal meaning

No parking.

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

Shape and colour

Round blue sign with a red rim and one red diagonal bar: no parking on this side of the road.

Where the sign stands

On the side without parking bays, at the start of the stretch; the ban applies to that side of the road only.

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: arrows point left and right, both sides apply. OB504 — Supplementary plate with arrows to the lower left and lower right: the sign applies on both sides, in both directions along the road.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks what parking is and what is not: stopping to let passengers in or out or to load and unload at once is allowed at E1, any other standing still is parking and is not. Trap: candidates confuse E1 with E2 (no stopping), where even a brief wait is forbidden. The sign covers only the side of the road where it stands, up to the next junction.

Trap

Thinking E1 and E2 both ban all stopping.

E1 bans parking only (loading/unloading OK); E2 bans all stopping, even briefly.

Exam question on this sign

About Sign E1 and E2: parking ban or standing-still ban: which statement is WRONG?

The book states explicitly: 'You may still stand still to load/unload or to let a passenger get in/out.'.
It is exactly the reverse. Sign E1 (one diagonal stripe) = parking ban: standing still for loading/unloading or getting in/out is still allowed. Sign E2 (two crossed stripes, a cross) = standing-still ban: that forbids EVERYTHING, including loading/unloading.
A sign E1 or E2 alongside the road applies to both directions of travel / both sides of the road.
With E2 'you may not stand still afterwards (and therefore not park either)' — with no exception for loading/unloading.

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Correct answer: A sign E1 or E2 alongside the road applies to both directions of travel / both sides of the road.

'these signs only apply to the side of the road where they stand'. The opposite side can have a completely different situation

Why learners get this wrong: With sign E1, you may also no longer stand still to load/unload or let a passenger in/out.

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Often confused with

No stopping on the side of the road where E2 — Also a red cross: there you may not even stop briefly.
Parking facility; indicates a place where parking is allowed E4 — Blue with P: there you may park.
No bicycles or mopeds allowed on this side of road. E3 — Ban on placing bicycles, not a car sign.

Legal meaning

Shape and colour

Where the sign stands

Supplementary plates with this sign

What the exam asks about this sign

Trap

Exam question on this sign

About Sign E1 and E2: parking ban or standing-still ban: which statement is WRONG?

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