Sign G3: Start of an expressway (autoweg)

Legal meaning

Expressway (autoweg).

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

Shape and colour

Blue rectangular sign with a white car seen from the front: start of expressway; with a red bar it is the end (G4).

Where the sign stands

At the start of the expressway, on the right and repeated after every junction.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks how it differs from the motorway: on an expressway 100 km/h applies, there can be level junctions and you may only use it with a motor vehicle that can and may do at least 50 km/h. Stopping, U-turns and reversing are forbidden here too. Trap: candidates pick 80 (ordinary road) or 130 (motorway).

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?

Using the hard shoulder, refuge bay or verge with the car is forbidden, except in an emergency (for example a breakdown).
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.
'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.
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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Often confused with

Start of a motorway G1 — Motorway: 130 km/h and never level junctions.
End of the motorway G2 — End of motorway: often the start of an expressway.
The maximum speed equals the value shown on the sign A1 — A sign with a lower number beats the 100.

Signs in the same series

Start of a motorway G1
End of the motorway G2
Start of a residential zone (woonerf) G5
End of the residential zone (woonerf) G6
Bridle path; reserved exclusively for horse riders G9
Mandatory cycle path; cyclists must use this path G11
Non-mandatory cycle path G13