Priority signs: the letter B

A small group — seven signs, 34 questions. But it is the one that decides who goes first, and a mistake costs more here than elsewhere: at the junction it shows immediately.

The sign is about the ROAD, not about the junction

[B01 voorrangsweg](/en/signs/B01) stands at the start of the road and applies until [B02](/en/signs/B02), its end. There may be ten junctions in between, and you have priority at every one of them; the sign need not be repeated.

[B03](/en/signs/B03), [B04](/en/signs/B04) and [B05](/en/signs/B05) are about ONE junction ahead: B04 side road on the left, B05 on the right. You tell them apart by the picture, not by the words.

Try it yourself: [priority signs](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=signs-priority) — 34 questions.

“Give way” and “stop” are not the same

[B06](/en/signs/B06) requires you to let others go first. Stopping is not required: if the junction is empty and you can see every way, you drive on without braking.

[B07](/en/signs/B07) requires you FIRST to come to a complete stop, and only then to give way. Complete means the wheels have stopped, not “almost”. An empty junction changes nothing.

The difference is set side by side in the [priority signs](/en/tables/voorrangsborden) table.

Try it yourself: [junctions with signs](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=priority-signs-intersections) — 48 questions.

The sign beats the rule, but not the person

Art. 63 says it plainly: traffic signs override the traffic rules. That is why “right before left” does not apply at all at a junction with signs — the rule simply is not in play there.

Above the sign stands the traffic light, and above the light the officer directing traffic. The whole order is in the lesson [“Priority: who goes first”](/en/guides/les-voorrang).

Try it yourself: [uncontrolled junctions](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=uncontrolled-intersections) — 46 questions.

Narrow passage: priority without the letter B

Passing on a narrow stretch is governed by signs from another group: [F05](/en/signs/F05) — wait if anyone is coming, and [F06](/en/signs/F06) — you go first. They are confused most often because both carry arrows; look at the red arrow, it points at whoever gives way.

One more source of the same priority is not a sign at all: [shark's teeth](/en/tables/haaientanden) — triangles on the asphalt. They mean exactly what B06 means, and they lie where no sign stands.

Try it yourself: [road markings](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=road-markings) — 18 questions.

What to remember

First ask what the sign is about: the whole road (B01/B02) or one junction (B03–B05). Then what it demands: give way (B06) or stop first (B07). Those two questions cover almost the entire group.