Sign F4: End of the prohibition on trucks overtaking motor vehicles
Legal meaning
End of prohibition on lorries overtaking motor vehicles.
Shape and colour
Round grey sign with a black diagonal bar: end of the overtaking ban for lorries.
Where the sign stands
At the end of the lorry no-overtaking stretch, at the end of the motorway.
What the exam asks about this sign
The question is who may overtake again after this sign: lorries, as long as it is safe and no other rule forbids it. For cars nothing changes, they were already allowed to overtake. Trap: candidates confuse F4 with F2, the end of the general overtaking ban.
Often confused with
- End of the prohibition on motor vehicles overtaking one another
F2— End of the general overtaking ban. - Trucks are prohibited from overtaking motor vehicles
F3— The ban that F4 ends. - End of all prohibitions indicated by traffic signs
F8— End of all bans.
Signs in the same series
- Drivers must not proceed when traffic is approaching from
F5 - Oncoming traffic must give way; you have priority here.
F6 - Trucks are prohibited from overtaking motor vehicles
F3 - End of the prohibition on motor vehicles overtaking one another
F2 - Motor vehicles are prohibited from overtaking one another
F1 - No U-turn; turning around is prohibited
F7 - End of all prohibitions indicated by traffic signs
F8 - End of all prohibitions indicated on an electronic signalling board
F9