Sign L9: Advance warning of a dead-end road in the indicated direction
Legal meaning
Advance indication of a dead-end road.
Shape and colour
Blue square sign with a white road and a side road with a red bar: advance sign of a dead-end side road.
Where the sign stands
On the other approaches of the junction (about 5.5 m before it), so you do not turn into the dead-end side road.
What the exam asks about this sign
The question is which road is the dead end: the side road carrying the red bar, not the road you are on. The sign stands before the junction so you do not enter needlessly. Trap: candidates think their own road is a dead end and look for a turning point.
Often confused with
- Dead-end road
L8— Dead-end road: the sign on the dead end itself. - Advance direction sign within the built-up area pre-announcing directions
K10— Advance direction sign. - Lane fork (splitting of lanes)
L6— Fork.