No parking

Regulatory signsSign no. 2.50OSR art. 30

What the sign says

A single red bar: parking is forbidden, stopping is still allowed. A stop is for letting people in or out or loading, without leaving the vehicle.

The exam trap

The difference is the number of bars: one bar forbids parking, two crossed bars forbid stopping as well.

Do not confuse

No stoppingOSR art. 30 al. 2
Parking permittedOSR art. 48
Blue zoneOSR art. 48 al. 2

Study topic

Parking and stopping

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.