Closed to vehicles exceeding the indicated total mass

What it means

Vehicles exceeding the total mass shown on the sign may not drive here. For length, width and height the load counts too.

What it requires of you

You measure including the load and any protruding parts. A roof box or a bicycle carrier counts, and that is exactly where things go wrong at low bridges.

Where it stands

Before the obstacle to which the restriction relates, usually repeated at the last turn-off before it.

How far it applies

Applies from the sign until the end of the road or until a sign that lifts it.

Variants

• C21-10
• C21-20
• C21-30
• C21-50

Who it applies to

bestuurdermotorvoertuig

Do not confuse it with

• C20

  These signs resemble one another; the pictogram with arrows shows which dimension is meant.

Related signs

• C17
• C18
• C19
• C20
• C21

Terms

• motorrijtuig
• verkeersteken

How it sounds in the exam

Je auto is met dakkoffer 20 t. Mag je onder bord C21 door?

With the roof box your car is 20 t. May you pass sign C21?

The law itself

• RVV1990 art. 62

  «Weggebruikers zijn verplicht gevolg te geven aan de verkeerstekens die een gebod of verbod inhouden.»