B18: Priority for oncoming vehicles

B18 · Priority signs

Priority for oncoming vehicles

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What it means
Give way to oncoming traffic at the narrow section. Do not enter if you would force it to stop.
Your action
Enter the narrow section only when you can pass without making oncoming traffic stop. Wait if needed.
Common mistake
The red arrow represents your direction; its size does not give you priority.

Source check: 2026-10-16 · Order §16; curriculum 7.7. Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023 · Færdselsstyrelsen — category B, May 2026

B Who gives way: yield, stop, priority road, and priority against oncoming traffic.

Learn it in lesson 01 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

B18B18Priority for oncoming vehiclesB19B19Priority over oncoming vehicles

B18: you must hold back for oncoming traffic. B19: oncoming traffic must hold back for you. Avoid a conflict even when you have priority.

A43.1A43.1Road narrows on both sidesB18B18Priority for oncoming vehiclesB19B19Priority over oncoming vehicles

A43 warns of reduced width. B18 requires you to hold back for oncoming traffic; B19 requires opposing traffic to hold back. The narrowing sign alone gives neither direction priority.

Neighbours of this sign in the B group.
B19Priority over oncoming vehiclesB11YieldB13StopB15Lane mergeB16Main roadB17End of main road

Drawing from Wikimedia Commons, free of copyright under section 9 of the Danish copyright act. Code and name follow executive order 425 of 13 April 2023 on road marking. Study material, not the legal text.

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