Using the road

248 questions in the bank. The topic looks simple, and that is exactly why people lose marks on it: the rules are short and the exceptions many.

Keeping right is a rule, not politeness

Art. 3 requires you to keep as far right as possible. The left lane is for overtaking, and after overtaking you return. On the motorway the same rule becomes a ban on staying in the left lane without reason.

Try it yourself: [position on the road](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=positioning-on-road) — 40 questions.

Speed does not come from the sign alone

Without a sign, the limit follows from the type of road and the type of vehicle. Inside built-up areas 50 for a car, outside 80, on an autoweg 100, on the motorway 130 — but the daytime limit and time plates change the picture.

All the numbers are in the [speeds](/en/tables/speeds) table.

Try it yourself: [speed](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=speed-limits) — 86 questions.

Overtaking is done on the left, almost without exception

Art. 11 fits in three words: overtaking is on the left. The exceptions are listed there too and there are few — for instance when traffic in all lanes is moving slower than you, that is, a jam. “He is braking, so I may pass on the right” is not one of them.

Separately: overtaking is banned by sign [F01](/en/signs/F01) and just before a pedestrian crossing.

Try it yourself: [overtaking](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=overtaking) — 33 questions.

Stopping and parking are different bans

`Stilstaan` and `parkeren` each have their own list of places, and the question is usually built on precisely that difference. Five metres from a crossing, twelve from a bus-stop sign without marking, five from a junction when parking — the numbers are in the [distances](/en/tables/afstanden) table.

Try it yourself: [stopping and parking](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=stopping-parking) — 31 questions.

What to remember

The four rules of this topic are independent: you can pick the right lane and still get the speed wrong. Work through them separately, not “as one topic”.