End of mountain postal road

Information signsSign no. 4.06OSR art. 45

What the sign says

The sign stands where the duty to follow the signs and instructions of public line-service drivers comes to an end.

The exam trap

The mountain passing rule does not stop at the sign: on any steep road, the vehicle heading down is the one that reverses.

Do not confuse

Mountain postal roadOSR art. 45 · OCR art. 38
End of expresswayOSR art. 45
Steep ascentOSR art. 8 · OCR art. 38

Study topic

Right of way and junctions

Practise this topic All signs

The signs are the official depictions by the Federal Roads Office, from the annexes of the Signalling Ordinance (SR 741.21): official works, unprotected under Art. 5 of the Copyright Act. The explanations, by contrast, are written from federal law — never taken from a third-party catalogue.