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Start with the essentials

Recognise a first set, read each explanation, then check yourself.

Learn the signs

B11 Ubetinget vigepligt

Yield

What it means: Give way to traffic on the road you are entering or crossing. Stop when necessary.
Your action: Slow down, look for traffic from both directions and give way before entering or crossing. Stop if necessary.
Common mistake: Yield does not always require a complete stop; it always requires giving way.

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B13 Stop

Stop

What it means: For a car driver, STOP means a complete stop and giving way before proceeding.
Your action: Come to a complete stop at the stop line, then check and give way before proceeding.
Common mistake: An empty-looking road does not remove your duty to stop.

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B18 Hold tilbage for modkørende

Priority for oncoming vehicles

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.

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B19 Modkørende færdsel skal holde tilbage

Priority over oncoming vehicles

Your action: You have priority over oncoming traffic, but wait rather than create a conflict with a vehicle already in the narrow section.
Common mistake: Having priority does not make an occupied or unsafe passage clear.

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C11.1 Højresving forbudt

No right turn

Your action: Choose a permitted route; do not turn right at this junction or entrance.
Common mistake: This bans a right turn; it does not command a left turn.

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C11.2 Venstresving forbudt

No left turn

What it means: A left turn and a U-turn are prohibited at the junction or entrance covered by this sign.
Your action: Do not turn left or make a U-turn at the junction or entrance covered by the sign.
Common mistake: In Denmark the left-turn prohibition also prohibits a U-turn.

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C55 Lokal hastighedsbegrænsning

Local speed limit

Your action: Keep at or below the displayed maximum, and slower when conditions or a lower vehicle limit require it.
Common mistake: The number is a maximum, not a speed you must maintain.

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C61 Standsning forbudt

No stopping

What it means: Stopping on the carriageway is prohibited unless required by the traffic situation. An additional plate may specify or modify the restriction.
Your action: Do not voluntarily stop on the carriageway where the ban applies. A stop required by traffic is different; read any modifying plate.
Common mistake: Dropping off a passenger is not a general exception to this sign.

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Road scene with C61 — Find the circular red-and-blue no-stopping sign on the right. Do not confuse it with the separate pedestrian-crossing signs.

C62 Parkering forbudt

No parking

What it means: Parking on the carriageway is prohibited. This sign alone does not prohibit every brief stop; other stopping rules and plates still apply.
Your action: Do not park where the restriction applies. Check other stopping rules and any direction or time plates.
Common mistake: No parking and no stopping are different restrictions. A brief stop must still comply with the other rules.

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Example road scene with C62 (illustration) — **Example on the road** Illustration: the street is AI-made, the sign is the official drawing.

D11.1 Påbudt kørselsretning

Ahead only

What it means: Continue straight ahead; this sign does not permit a turn.
Your action: Continue straight ahead; this sign does not permit a turn.
Common mistake: Read every arrow; a blue mandatory sign is not merely advice.

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A17 Fodgængerfelt

Pedestrian crossing

Your action: Watch both sides for people approaching the crossing and adjust your speed so you can stop when required.
Common mistake: This warns of a crossing ahead; do not assume the crossing is exactly beside this sign.

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A22 Børn

Children

Your action: Choose a speed that allows you to react to a child moving unexpectedly near or onto the road.
Common mistake: The sign does not set a fixed speed such as 20 or 30 km/h by itself.

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Recall: name each sign

Similar signs, different decisions

Look at the exact symbol first, then read the difference.

B11Yield

B13Stop

Both require giving way. STOP additionally requires a complete stop; yield requires stopping when necessary.

B18Priority for oncoming vehicles

B19Priority 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.

C61No stopping

C62No parking

C61 prohibits voluntary stopping on the carriageway. C62 prohibits parking. Read other rules and any modifying plate in both cases.

What would you do?

Answer without looking back. Your first check is kept as your result. This is practice, not an official exam.

Lesson result

Sources and review date

Reviewed: 2026-10-17. Study explanations are our wording; use official rules and your instructor’s guidance.

Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023

Færdselsstyrelsen — category B, May 2026