Hectometre marker

Information signsSign no. 4.73OSR art. 89a

What the sign says

Between two kilometre markers, these plates cut the distance into hundred-metre steps.

The exam trap

Kilometre plus hectometre gives a position to within a hundred metres: exactly what the emergency services want when you call from the motorway.

Do not confuse

Kilometre markerOSR art. 89a
Emergency telephone markerOSR art. 89a
Breakdown bayOSR art. 47 · OCR art. 36

Study topic

Motorway and expressway

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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.