Breakdown service

Information signsSign no. 4.83OSR art. 62

What the sign says

The sign marks a breakdown service. It belongs to the blue series of service signs, with telephone, first aid and filling station.

The exam trap

On the motorway you do not crawl to a breakdown service: if you break down, reach the hard shoulder, put out the warning triangle and get behind the barrier.

Do not confuse

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

Study topic

Accidents and first aid

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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.