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Sign F6: Oncoming traffic must give way; you have priority here.

F6 – Oncoming traffic must give way; you have priority here.

Series: F -- Mandatory and forbidden manoeuvres

Legal meaning

Drivers from the opposite direction must let traffic approaching from this direction go first.

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

Shape and colour

Round blue sign with a white and a red arrow: you have priority over oncoming traffic (the red arrow is the oncoming driver).

Where the sign stands

Just before the narrowing, on the side that has priority; F5 stands on the opposite side.

What the exam asks about this sign

The question is who has priority at this narrowing: you, the white arrow is your direction; oncoming traffic has F5 and must wait. Trap: candidates think a blue sign is always an order and want to stop. Note: having priority does not mean you may drive on when the oncoming vehicle is already in the narrowing.

Exam question on this sign

About Keeping right, road narrowing (F5/F6) and obstacles: which statement is WRONG?

  1. Keeping right means driving as close as possible to the kerb or the verge.
  2. If you are driving in the direction of the red arrow, you must stop; if you are driving in the direction of the white arrow, the oncoming drivers — not you — must stop.
  3. When there is not enough room, whoever has the obstacle on their own half of the road must stop; if the obstacle is on the oncoming driver's half of the road, that driver stops, not you.
  4. The same basic rules apply to obstacles as to a road narrowing without a sign: whoever has the obstacle on their own half of the road stops when there is not enough room.
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Correct answer: Keeping right means driving as close as possible to the kerb or the verge.

You must keep right as much as possible, but do not drive too close to the kerb or the verge; if the road is too narrow for you and an oncoming driver, you both move aside

Why learners get this wrong: At sign F5-F6, the red arrow means you may drive through and the white arrow means you must stop.

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