Parking and placing
Are you stopped without necessity, but not loading or unloading goods or letting a passenger get on or off, then it falls under parking (brommobiel) or placing (moped, snorfiets and speed pedelec).
- Parking bay or parking lane
Paving next to the carriageway meant for stationary or parked vehicles.
- Parking
Stopping a vehicle for something else than immediately letting passengers get in or out or immediately loading or unloading goods. This term is only used for brommobielen.
Parking a brommobiel
You are not allowed to just park your brommobiel anywhere. You are not allowed to park:
- in all places where you are also not allowed to stop;
- on or within 5 metres of an intersection;
- in front of an entrance or exit construction, even if it is your own exit;
- outside the built-up area on the carriageway of a priority road, you are allowed to park in the verge;
- next to a broken yellow line, usually found on kerbs;
- next to another parked vehicle, which means that you are double parking;
- within an erf outside the designated parking spaces.
Parking lots with indicated parking spaces are usually indicated by sign E-4. If this is the case, you are only allowed to park inside these parking spaces. Parking outside these spaces is prohibited.
Sign E-1 indicates that it is prohibited to park on that side of the carriageway. This sign may also appear as a zone sign, in which case it applies to the entire zone on both sides of the road. In that case, parking is allowed in places that are designated for parking, such as parking places, parking lanes, parking bays or the verge.
E-1
Prohibited to park on the side of the carriageway the sign is placed at.
E-1 zone sign
Prohibited to park on both sides of the carraigeway throughout the entire zone.
Parking a brommobiel under certain conditions
In some places, parking is only allowed under certain conditions or for certain drivers. This can be indicated on the sign itself or with a supplementary plate.
On these signs, different vehicle symbols, words or numbers can be displayed. For example, parking is then only allowed for the indicated vehicle, in the indicated manner or within the indicated times. You may stop here with another vehicle, in a different manner or at a different time, but you may not park here.
E-4
Parking is only allowed within the indicated times.
E-8
Only drivers of lorries are allowed to park here.
E-9
Only drivers with a permit are allowed to park here.
Sign E-7 indicates the opportunity for immediately loading and unloading goods. This does not only apply to lorries but also to other vehicles. You are also allowed to let someone get on or off, or in our out, here. Parking here is prohibited to all vehicles.
If you park your moped next to a blue line, placing a parking disc is required.
On the left, the parking disc, on the right, the sign that indicates that you are entering a parking disc zone. Here, the parking limit is 2 hours (2h).
Parking a brommobiel in a parking disc zone
Within a parking disc zone you are only allowed to park in spaces indicated with sign ‘P’, that are provided with a ‘P’, or in parking spaces next to a blue line. If you park your brommobiel next to a blue line, then you are required to place a set parking disc behind the windscreen. On the parking disc, you always indicate the start time of your parking.
Disability parking space
Disability parking spaces are meant to make sure that people with mobility problems can park close to certain locations. So, you are only allowed to park here if the parking involves the transportation of a disabled person.
You are allowed to park in a disability parking space with the following vehicles:
- a disability vehicle;
- a motor vehicle on more than two wheels in which a valid disability parking card is visibly displayed;
- a vehicle for which the disability parking space is reserved; this is usually indicated by a supplementary plate with the vehicle registration number of the vehicle on it.
E-6
Disability parking space
E-6 with a vehicle registration number on the supplementary plate. Disability parking space is only for that vehicle.
Sometimes a maximum parking duration can be indicated on the sign or on a supplementary plate. No blue lines have to be present. Using a parking disc is then required.
Do note!
Stopping or parking in places where it causes danger or unnecessary hindrance, is always prohibited.
- Placing
Placing a bicycle, moped, snorfiets or speed pedelec for something other than loading or unloading goods, or letting passengers get on or off.
Placing bicycles, speed pedelecs, snorfietsen and mopeds
Bicycles, snorfietsen, mopeds and speed pedelecs are not parked, but placed. It is allowed in the following places:
- on the footpath;
- on the pavement;
- in the verge;
- in other indicated areas.
Sometimes the road authority can counteract the placement of bicycles, mopeds, snorfietsen and speed pedelecs on the pavement by placing sign E-3. This may be due to the pavement being too narrow at that location and vehicles blocking the passageway.
E-3
Prohibited to place bicycles, speed pedelecs, mopeds and snorfietsen on this side of the carriageway.
E-3 zone sign
Prohibited to place bicycles, speed pedelecs, mopeds and snorfietsen within the zone.
You are allowed to park your brommobiel here. Because of sign E-3, you are not allowed to place mopeds, snorfietsen, speed pedelecs and bicycles on the pavement.
Placing your moped in a parking space is not allowed. You are allowed to park your brommobiel here.
When placing, the vehicle must not cause any obstruction. Pedestrians must still be able to pass (please also take into account strollers, people in wheelchairs and blind or visually impaired people!).
Placing on the carriageway, even if you do it in a parking space, is prohibited. Also keep in mind that you are not allowed to ride on the pavement. So, you have to get off and push your vehicle onto the pavement. If you want to ride off, you first have to walk your vehicle to the carriageway.