het tankstation

Translation

petrol station

A place where you take on fuel or charge. Parking areas, petrol stations and bus stops located along motorways form no part of the motorway, and the same holds along an autoweg (art. 1). That is not word play: the prohibitions of art. 43 do not apply on the forecourt itself, but as soon as you drive back you enter the motorway again and must merge like anyone else. Engine off while fuelling, and no smoking or phoning at the pump.

How it sounds in the exam

Hoort een tankstation langs de snelweg bij de autosnelweg?

Does a petrol station along the motorway belong to the motorway?

Do not confuse it with

• verzorgingsplaats

Related terms

• autosnelweg
• autoweg
• invoegstrook
• brandstofverbruik