Sign F13: Carriageway or lane reserved exclusively for scheduled buses (bus lane)
Legal meaning
Carriageway or lane exclusively for scheduled buses.
Shape and colour
Blue rectangular sign with BUS: a bus lane.
Where the sign stands
At the start of the bus lane, beside or above the lane.
What the exam asks about this sign
The exam asks who may use the lane with this sign: service buses only, and if a plate says so also taxis or other categories. You may not use the bus lane to overtake or to get in lane, you may cross it to enter a driveway. Trap: candidates think the lane is free outside rush hour; that is only so when the plate names hours.
Often confused with
- End of the bus lane
F14— End of bus lane. - Closed to buses
C7a— Closed to buses: the reverse. - Mandatory passing lane reserved for agricultural and forestry tractors.
F11— A lane for tractors.
Signs in the same series
- End of the bus lane
F14 - End of the mandatory use of the passing lane
F12 - Mandatory passing lane reserved for agricultural and forestry tractors.
F11 - Stop
F10 - End of all prohibitions indicated on an electronic signalling board
F9 - End of all prohibitions indicated by traffic signs
F8 - No U-turn; turning around is prohibited
F7 - Oncoming traffic must give way; you have priority here.
F6