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Sign J36: Warning for risk of ice or snow

J36 – Warning for risk of ice or snow

Series: J -- Warning

Legal meaning

Black ice or snow.

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

Shape and colour

Triangle with a red rim and a black snowflake or ice crystal: warning of ice or snow.

Where the sign stands

Outside the built-up area 100–150 m before the stretch that is slick in frost (bridges, shade), on the right.

What the exam asks about this sign

The question is what to do at ice or snow: take speed off, increase distance, brake and steer gently, and take extra care on bridges because they freeze first. Trap: candidates think the sign only applies in winter; it warns of a spot that is always slick in frost.

No practice question uses this sign; the sections below explain it.

Often confused with

Signs in the same series

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