Sign K5: Advance sign on a non-motorway showing directions and destinations.

Legal meaning

Advance direction sign along a non-motorway road with interurban destinations, route numbers and via code.

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

Shape and colour

Rectangular white sign with black text, blue or green fields and arrows: advance direction sign along a non-motorway road.

Where the sign stands

Well before the junction it refers to, on the right, so you can get in lane.

What the exam asks about this sign

The question is what 'advance direction sign' means: a sign well before the junction that announces the directions so you can get in lane in time. The sign itself orders nothing. Trap: candidates think you must already turn at the sign; that happens at the decision sign at the junction.

Often confused with

• Advance direction sign within the built-up area pre-announcing directions K10 — The same advance sign inside the built-up area.
• Low-level decision direction sign along a motorway showing destinations K1 — Decision sign at the decision point itself, along the motorway.
• Detour; indicates a temporary diversion route K9 — Yellow diversion.