Speed limits
| Vehicle | Built-up area (bebouwde kom)(km/h) | Outside built-up area(km/h) | Expressway (autoweg)(km/h) | Motorway (autosnelweg)(km/h) | Living zone (erf) | Where it goes wrong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car | 50 | 80 | 100 | 130 under art. 21 RVV, but almost the entire network is signed 100 during the day (06:00–19:00). The sign overrides the statutory default. | 15 km/h | Taking the 130 on the motorway for a fixed figure. It is a TIME-OF-DAY limit: during the day the lower value applies, and it is on the signs. |
| Car with trailer (≤ 3500 kg) | 50 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 15 km/h | Keeping the car's limit because the trailer is light. The trailer changes the category, not its weight. |
| Moped (bromfiets) | 45 on the carriageway, 30 on the cycle/moped path | 45 on the carriageway, 40 on the cycle/moped path | not allowed | not allowed | 15 km/h | Remembering one figure for the moped. Its limit depends on WHERE it rides — the cycle/moped path differs from the carriageway. |
| Light moped (snorfiets) | 25 | 25 | not allowed | not allowed | 15 km/h | Confusing the light moped with the moped. They are two legal categories with two different limits — and different helmet rules. |
| Motorcycle | 50 | 80 | 100 | 130 under art. 21, in practice 100 during the day due to signage | 15 km/h | Assuming a motorcycle may go faster than a car. The same limit applies to motor vehicles; the motorcycle is one of them. |
| Truck (> 3500 kg) | 50 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 15 km/h | Applying the lorry limit to every van. The line runs at the permitted maximum mass, not at the appearance. |
| Bus | 50 | 80 | 80 | 80, and 100 for T100 buses | 15 km/h | Treating all buses alike. The T100 bus has its own, higher limit, and that is the only exception in the row. |
Notes
- This table gives the statutory defaults from the RVV. Above the special maxima of arts. 20b, 21b, 22 and 22a the LOWEST indicated value always wins (art. 63b RVV): a sign can lower such an own maximum, but cannot raise it. A truck passing a "100" sign is still limited to 80.
- If a fixed sign and an electronic gantry sign show different limits at the same time, the lower one applies (art. 63b para. 2).
- "Stapvoets" is not a number in the law. It means: no faster than a person walking — in practice roughly 15 km/h.
- Bromfiets and snorfiets are two legally distinct categories. Do not confuse them: it is a 20 km/h difference and a different place on the road.
The law itself
RVV1990 art. 20RVV1990 art. 21RVV1990 art. 22Rijksoverheid Maximumsnelheid overdag 100 km/u op autosnelwegen (сигнализация знаками)
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