Road traffic
Tempo limit with snowflake sign: When does that actually apply?
Does it apply or not? This question arises in a speed limit with snowflake symbol. Most would decide wrong – especially in summer.
There are countless peculiarities in the German sign forest. Signs that only apply at certain times, for example. Or signs that are only to be observed in a certain weather. In the latter category, the snowflake symbol also belongs above or below a speed limit, right? This is always a topic of conversation in the approaching winter.
Because the driver logic says here: A snowflake must safely limit the speed limit – so it only applies if the road is smooth or snowy. Bad news: that’s not true.
Strange and crazy traffic signs from all over the world – that mean they mean
No, this sign does not mean that drunk drivers are often traveling on this street – it indicates that the road can be slippery when wet.
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Unlike the additional sign “in the event of moisture”, which really means that the respective speed limit only applies in wet conditions, drivers should simply imagine the snowflake all year round – because the speed limit always applies. Even in summer. Even at 40 degrees in the shade.
The speed limit applies
The regulation connected to the flake must therefore be followed in any case. The additional sign is not a restriction, but an explanation. Whyever it was considered necessary, one would like to explain with the snowflake that the speed limit applies because it could be dangerous on the route.
Such sign combinations are often found on bridges or in forest areas. There may be faster -freezing wet with temperature falls and cold winds, which is why you have to drive more slowly.
After all: Sometimes the speed limits with the snowflake can be found on change traffic signs. In such a case, the restriction only applies if it is displayed. But: Then it also has priority in front of all other regulations. If the sign is switched off, the general traffic rules or permanently installed traffic signs apply.
When is the street “wet”?
The question is actually more exciting when a street “wet” is enough so that the additional sign “when wet” puts the specified speed limit into force. Since the road traffic regulations are sorry, you can stick to the Federal Court of Justice. The latter decided at the end of the 1970s: “Since a mere moisture does not yet fall underneath after the general use of language, the road can only be described as wet if one can be seen on its surface, be it only thin, water layer. The road must be covered with a water film overall.”
Less jam -up: When vehicles form a spray flag and the entire street is covered by a water film, it is wet. If only a handful of puddles can be seen on dry street, it is not wet. Very easy.
Source: Stern
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