Sign J23: Warning for pedestrians

Legal meaning

Pedestrians.

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

Shape and colour

Triangle with a red rim and a black walking pedestrian: warning of pedestrians on the carriageway.

Where the sign stands

Outside the built-up area 100–150 m before the stretch without a footway, inside it shorter, on the right.

What the exam asks about this sign

The question is how it differs from J22: there is no zebra here, pedestrians walk on or beside the carriageway and have no priority, but you must give them room. Trap: candidates pick 'give way', which applies only at a zebra.

Often confused with

• Warning for a pedestrian crossing J22 — Pedestrian crossing: there pedestrians get priority.
• Warning for children, e.g J21 — Children: specifically young pedestrians.
• Closed to pedestrians C16 — Closed to pedestrians: the reverse.