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Sign G1: Start of a motorway

G1 – Start of a motorway

Series: G -- Traffic rules / road category

Legal meaning

Motorway.

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

Shape and colour

Blue rectangular sign with a white dual carriageway and overpass: start of motorway; with a red bar it is G2.

Where the sign stands

At the start of the motorway, on the right at the entry ramp and repeated after every junction; the end sign stands at the exit or where the road becomes an expressway.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks what is forbidden on a motorway: stopping, U-turns, reversing, driving on the hard shoulder and using a vehicle that cannot or may not do 60 km/h. The default limit is 130 (100 by day between 6 and 19 h) unless a sign says otherwise. Trap: candidates confuse G1 with G3 (expressway, 100 km/h, level junctions possible).

Trap

Treating motorway (G1) and expressway (G3) as identical.

G1 is a motorway with a higher speed regime; G3 is an expressway, lower and different.

Exam question on this sign

About Autoweg and autosnelweg: G3, G1 and the speed rules: which statement is WRONG?

  1. Using the hard shoulder, refuge bay or verge with the car is forbidden, except in an emergency (for example a breakdown).
  2. During the day (6.00-19.00) the maximum speed is 100 km/u; in the evening and at night it is 100, 120 or 130 km/u. 130 is not the default, it is the highest of three possible evening/night values.
  3. 'able and permitted to drive 50/60 km/u' is an access requirement for the vehicle (a floor), not a speed limit. The maximum speed on motorways is stated separately: 100 km/u during the day, 100/120/130 in the evening and at night.
  4. Autoweg (expressway) and autosnelweg (motorway) are the same kind of road, with the same minimum speed and hard shoulder.
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Correct answer: Autoweg (expressway) and autosnelweg (motorway) are the same kind of road, with the same minimum speed and hard shoulder.

An autoweg (G3) requires min. 50 km/u and may have at-grade junctions; an autosnelweg (G1) requires min. 60 km/u, always has separated carriageways with a hard shoulder, and never at-grade junctions

Why learners get this wrong: In a traffic jam you may use the hard shoulder with your car to avoid the queue.

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