Sign G13: Non-mandatory cycle path
Legal meaning
Non-compulsory cycle path.
Shape and colour
Blue rectangular sign with the text fietspad: optional cycle path.
Where the sign stands
Beside the non-compulsory cycle path at its start.
What the exam asks about this sign
The question is what 'optional' means: cyclists may use this path but may also stay on the carriageway; moped riders and light-moped riders with the engine running may not use it. Trap: candidates confuse it with the compulsory cycle path (G11) or think light mopeds may ride on it.
Trap
Reading both G11 and G13 as a mandatory bike path.
G11 is mandatory -- cyclists MUST use it; G13 is optional, the road is also allowed.
Often confused with
- Mandatory cycle path; cyclists must use this path
G11— Compulsory cycle path: cyclists must use it, light mopeds too. - Closed to bicycles and to disabled persons' vehicles without
C14— Closed to bicycles. - Dead-end road
L8— Dead-end road: also a blue rectangular sign.