E3: No stopping and no parking
Category : Stopping and parking
E3 - No stopping and no parking. Blue disc with two red diagonals forming a cross. You may neither park nor stop, even briefly. Only forced stops (breakdown, police order, traffic jam) are permitted.
What to know about this type of sign
Stopping and parking are two different things under the Belgian highway code, and the theory test loves to play on the difference. Where can you stop briefly, where can you park, and how do you use a parking disc in a blue zone? Here are all the rules, with the distances you need to know.
- Stopping means loading Stopping is holding the vehicle still for as long as it takes to pick up or drop off people or goods. Anything longer is parking.
- 5 metres before a crossing Stopping and parking are forbidden on a pedestrian crossing and within 5 metres before it.
- Blue zone: 2 hours Unless stated otherwise, you may park for 2 hours in a blue zone, with a parking disc behind the windscreen.
Read the full guide : Stopping and parking rules in Belgium
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Other road signs
- E5: No parking from the 1st to the 15th of the month
- E7: No parking from the 16th to the end of the month
- E9a: Parking permitted
- E9b: Parking reserved for motorcycles, cars, mixed-use vehicles and minibuses
- E9c: Parking reserved for vans and trucks
- E9d: Parking reserved for coaches
- E9e: Mandatory parking on the shoulder or pavement
- E9f: Mandatory parking partly on the shoulder or pavement