Passing place

Information signsSign no. 4.15OSR art. 47 · OCR art. 10

What the sign says

A bay where drivers of slow vehicles must pull in to let faster vehicles behind them past.

The exam trap

It is not a rest area: voluntary stopping and parking are forbidden there. You pull in to let others past, then move on.

Do not confuse

Steep ascentOSR art. 8 · OCR art. 38
Mountain postal roadOSR art. 45 · OCR art. 38
Breakdown bayOSR art. 47 · OCR art. 36

Study topic

Overtaking and passing

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.