de wachttijd

Translation

waiting time

The time you stand still before a level crossing, a movable bridge, a traffic light or a queue. Where you spend that time is not a matter of patience but of rule: road users may enter a level crossing only if they can carry straight on and clear the crossing entirely, and they let a rail vehicle go first while leaving the crossing free (art. 15a). The same thought applies at a junction: drivers may not block a junction (art. 14). So you wait before it, not on it.

How it sounds in the exam

Mag je een overweg oprijden als de file er nog op staat?

May you enter a level crossing while the queue still stands on it?

Do not confuse it with

• andreaskruis

Related terms

• spoorwegovergang
• beweegbare brug
• knipperend geel licht
• file