Sign F2: End of the prohibition on motor vehicles overtaking one another

Series: F -- Mandatory and forbidden manoeuvres

Legal meaning

End of prohibition on motor vehicles overtaking one another.

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

Shape and colour

Round grey sign with a black diagonal bar: end of the overtaking ban.

Where the sign stands

At the end of the no-overtaking stretch, about 10 m before the next junction.

What the exam asks about this sign

The question is what applies after this sign: overtaking is allowed again, but only where it is safe and where no other rule forbids it (just before a junction inside the built-up area, at a solid line, at a pedestrian crossing). Trap: candidates think F2 lifts every ban; that is F8.

No practice question uses this sign; the sections below explain it.

Often confused with

Motor vehicles are prohibited from overtaking one another F1 — The ban that F2 ends.
End of the prohibition on trucks overtaking motor vehicles F4 — End of the overtaking ban for lorries.
End of all prohibitions indicated by traffic signs F8 — End of all bans.

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