Schilder für den Radverkehr

The signs that speak to cyclists

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VerkehrszeichenRadfahrenVerkehrssicherheit

Der kleine Satz Schilder, der täglich darüber entscheidet, wo man fahren darf und wo nicht: die blauen Gebotszeichen 237, 240 und 241 (Radweg benutzen), das blaue 239 (Gehweg, kein Rad), die roten Verbote 254, 250 und 267, die Hinweise 220 (Einbahnstraße), 244.1 (Fahrradstraße), 325.1 und 242.1 — und das Zusatzzeichen „Radverkehr frei", das aus einem Verbot eine Erlaubnis macht, aber nie eine Pflicht.

Ein gutes Dutzend Schilder entscheidet täglich, wo dein Fahrrad sein darf. Sie zerfallen in drei Gruppen, und die Einteilung ist wieder die Formen- und Farbgrammatik.

Blaue Kreise — du musst. Ein weißes Fahrrad auf Blau (237) ist ein Radweg, und er ist benutzungspflichtig: Wenn er da ist, auf deiner Seite, fährst du dort statt auf der Straße. Fußgänger über Fahrrad, durch einen Strich getrennt (240), ist ein gemeinsamer Geh- und Radweg — dieselbe Pflicht, dazu die Pflicht zur Rücksicht und zu langsamem Tempo. Ein senkrecht geteilter Kreis (241) ist ein getrennter Weg: Nimm deine Hälfte. Ein blauer Kreis mit nur einem Fußgänger (239) ist ein Gehweg und nicht zum Fahren da.

Rote Kreise — du darfst nicht. Ein Fahrrad im roten Ring (254) heißt: hier kein Radverkehr. Ein leerer roter Ring (250) heißt: keine Fahrzeuge, und ein Fahrrad ist ein Fahrzeug. Eine rote Scheibe mit weißem Balken (267) heißt Einfahrt verboten — so sieht das andere Ende einer Einbahnstraße aus.

Blaue Rechtecke — Hinweise, und einer ändert deine Rechte. Der weiße Pfeil auf Blau (220) markiert eine Einbahnstraße. Das Fahrrad über dem Wort Fahrradstraße (244.1) markiert eine Straße, die um Fahrräder herum gebaut ist: Nebeneinanderfahren ist erlaubt, Autos sind nur da, wenn ein Zusatzzeichen sie hineinlässt, und 30 km/h gilt für alle. Das blaue Quadrat mit Haus und spielendem Kind (325.1) ist ein verkehrsberuhigter Bereich — Schrittgeschwindigkeit, Kinder dürfen auf der Straße spielen, und beim Verlassen wartest du.

Und darunter das kleine weiße Schild Radverkehr frei. Auf einem Gehweg erlaubt es dir zu fahren — im Schritttempo. In einer Einbahnstraße erlaubt es dir, gegen den Pfeil zu fahren. In einer Fußgängerzone lässt es dich hinein. Es ist immer eine Erlaubnis und nie eine Pflicht: Wenn das Schild darüber verbietet und das Schild darunter erlaubt, dann darfst du — und du darfst genauso gut auf der Straße bleiben.

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Leicht
Wahr / Falsch #1 14s ▶ Testen

A smooth cycle path runs on your right with no blue sign beside it, so you must leave the road and use it.

✓ Falsch
Without one of the blue signs 237, 240 or 241 the path is an offer, not a duty. You may use it; you may equally stay on the road, and on a narrow path full of driveways the road is often safer.
Karteikarte #2 12s ▶ Testen

What does the German word "Radweg" mean?

✓ Antwort: cycle path
Rad is short for Fahrrad; Weg is a way or path.
Multiple Choice #3 10s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean for you on a bicycle?

  • ● You may not ride here
  • ○ You must ride here
  • ○ You may ride here at walking pace
A footway. Blue orders — here it orders the path for people on foot. Only a white plate with a bicycle underneath would let you ride, and then at walking pace.
Multiple Choice #4 10s ▶ Testen

What does this sign forbid?

  • ● Riding a bicycle
  • ○ Pushing a bicycle
  • ○ Every vehicle except bicycles
The red ring forbids what is inside it. Pushing is walking, so you may still push the bicycle through.
Multiple Choice #5 10s ▶ Testen

What does this sign say?

  • ● No entry from this end
  • ○ No stopping
  • ○ Road closed to everyone but bicycles
The red disc with the white bar closes one end of a street — usually the far end of a one-way street. It binds bicycles too, unless a white plate with a bicycle hangs underneath.
Multiple Choice #6 10s ▶ Testen

What kind of street does this sign mark?

  • ● A street where bicycles come first
  • ○ A street closed to bicycles
  • ○ A pedestrian zone
A Fahrradstraße. Bicycles may ride side by side, everyone keeps to 30 km/h, and cars may use it only where a plate lets them in.
Wahr / Falsch #7 10s ▶ Testen

This sign only allows you onto the path; you may just as well stay on the road.

✓ Falsch
A blue circle is a command. The shared path is compulsory for you — and the people on foot set the pace on it.
Wahr / Falsch #8 10s ▶ Testen

On this path you may ride on whichever half is emptier.

✓ Falsch
A separated path gives each side its own strip. The sign shows which one is yours; riding on the walking half is riding on a footway.
Wahr / Falsch #9 10s ▶ Testen

In an area with this sign you may ride at normal speed, as long as you keep to the right.

✓ Falsch
In a traffic-calmed area everyone moves at walking pace, and children may play anywhere on the road.
Multiple Choice #10 10s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mark?

  • ● A pedestrian crossing
  • ○ A footway you may ride on
  • ○ A play street
Zeichen 350 marks a zebra crossing. People on foot have priority there; a cyclist riding across does not.
Mittel
Wahr / Falsch #1 12s ▶ Testen

This sign leaves the street open to you, because a bicycle is not really a vehicle.

✓ Falsch
"No vehicles of any kind" includes bicycles — in German law a bicycle is a vehicle and you are its driver, with the duties that go with that.
Karteikarte #2 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: cycle path — you must use it
Zeichen 237. Blue circle, so it is an obligation, not an offer.
Karteikarte #3 18s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: shared path for bicycles and people on foot
Zeichen 240. Compulsory for you, and the people walking set the pace.
Karteikarte #4 18s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: separated path — take the bicycle half
Zeichen 241. The line in the sign is the line painted on the ground.
Karteikarte #5 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: footway — no cycling
Zeichen 239. Push the bike and you are welcome; ride it and you are not.
Karteikarte #6 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: no cycling
Zeichen 254. Riding is banned; pushing is not.
Karteikarte #7 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: no entry
Zeichen 267 — the wrong end of a one-way street.
Karteikarte #8 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: bicycle street
Zeichen 244.1. Two abreast allowed, 30 km/h for everyone, cars only by plate.
Karteikarte #9 18s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mean?

✓ Antwort: traffic-calmed area — walking pace
Zeichen 325.1, often called a Spielstraße. Children may play in the road.
Karteikarte #10 15s ▶ Testen

What does this sign mark?

✓ Antwort: a pedestrian crossing
Zeichen 350. People on foot have priority here; a cyclist riding across does not.
Karteikarte #11 18s ▶ Testen

What does this plate under another sign do?

✓ Antwort: it frees the way for bicycles
Read as "Radverkehr frei". It lifts the sign above for cyclists — a permission, never a duty.
Karteikarte #12 15s ▶ Testen

Which sign makes a cycle path compulsory rather than optional?

✓ Antwort: a blue circle with a white bicycle
Blue is the colour of obligation; a path with no blue sign stays optional.
Karteikarte #13 15s ▶ Testen

Which sign forbids cycling but still lets you push the bike?

✓ Antwort: a bicycle in a red ring
Pushing makes you a pedestrian, and the ban is on riding.
Karteikarte #14 12s ▶ Testen

What does the German word "Gehweg" mean?

✓ Antwort: footway
Gehen is to walk. It is the one surface an adult may not cycle on.
Karteikarte #15 12s ▶ Testen

On a shared path for bicycles and people on foot (sign 240), who sets the pace?

✓ Antwort: the people on foot
You use the path, slow down and pass them with room.
Karteikarte #16 12s ▶ Testen

On a separated path (sign 241), which half do you ride on?

✓ Antwort: the bicycle half
The line in the sign is the line painted on the ground.
Karteikarte #17 12s ▶ Testen

In a traffic-calmed area (sign 325.1), at what speed does everyone travel?

✓ Antwort: walking pace
Often called a Spielstraße — the whole width belongs to people first.
Schwer
Multiple Choice #1 14s ▶ Testen

You are riding on the road and this sign stands beside a path on your right. What do you do?

  • ● Move onto the path; you may not stay on the road
  • ○ Stay on the road if the path looks narrow
  • ○ Move onto the path and ride at walking pace
The blue circle makes the path compulsory. Without a blue sign the path is optional and the road stays open to you — with one, it does not.
Multiple Choice #2 14s ▶ Testen

You are riding and reach this sign. Two people are walking on the path ahead. What do you do?

  • ● Use the path, slow right down and pass them with room
  • ○ Stay on the road; the path belongs to the people walking
  • ○ Ring the bell and keep your speed so they step aside
A shared path is still compulsory for you, and the people on foot set the pace. The bell is a warning, not a request to clear the way.
Multiple Choice #3 14s ▶ Testen

You are riding and reach this sign. What do you do?

  • ● Use the half of the path with the bicycle on it
  • ○ Use whichever half is emptier
  • ○ Stay on the road; this sign is only for people on foot
A separated path gives each side its own strip, and the sign tells you which one is yours. Riding on the walking half is the same offence as riding on a footway.
Multiple Choice #4 14s ▶ Testen

You want to take a short cut along a path with this sign and no plate underneath. What do you do?

  • ● Get off and push the bicycle
  • ○ Ride along it slowly
  • ○ Ride along it; blue means you may
A blue circle with only a walking figure is a footway. Pushing makes you a pedestrian; riding makes you a cyclist on a footway, which adults may not be.
Multiple Choice #5 14s ▶ Testen

You are riding and reach this sign. What do you do?

  • ● Turn off, or get off and push
  • ○ Ride on slowly and carefully
  • ○ Ride on; the sign applies to motorbikes
Red ring, bicycle inside — no cycling. It forbids riding, not walking, so pushing the bike through is still allowed unless another sign says otherwise.
Multiple Choice #6 14s ▶ Testen

You are about to turn into a street and see this sign facing you. What do you do?

  • ● Do not ride in; this end of the street is closed to you
  • ○ Ride in slowly on the right-hand side
  • ○ Ride in; the sign faces the cars, not you
No entry. It is what a one-way street looks like from the wrong end, and it binds bicycles unless a plate underneath frees them.
Multiple Choice #7 15s ▶ Testen

A one-way street has a no-entry sign at your end, and this plate is fixed under it. What do you do?

  • ● Ride in, keeping right and expecting cars head-on
  • ○ Ride in and use the middle of the street
  • ○ Stay out; a plate cannot lift a no-entry sign
The plate opens the street to bicycles against the flow. Everything coming towards you is on its correct side, so ride well right and slowly at parked cars.
Multiple Choice #8 14s ▶ Testen

You turn into a street marked with this sign and a friend is riding with you. What do you do?

  • ● Ride side by side; this street is built for it
  • ○ Ride single file and keep to the right edge
  • ○ Get off and push; the street is closed to traffic
In a bicycle street riding two abreast is expressly allowed, the limit is 30 km/h for everyone, and motor traffic is only there if a plate lets it in.
Multiple Choice #9 14s ▶ Testen

You ride into an area marked with this sign, where children are playing near the kerb. What do you do?

  • ● Ride at walking pace and expect people anywhere on the road
  • ○ Ride normally but keep to the right
  • ○ Get off and push; only people on foot belong here
In a traffic-calmed area the whole width belongs to people first, children may play in it, and everyone drives at walking pace. Leaving the area, you give way to the street you join.
Karteikarte #10 18s ▶ Testen

What has to be under the no-entry sign before you may ride up a one-way street the wrong way?

✓ Antwort: a plate with a bicycle on it
The Zusatzzeichen "Radverkehr frei". Without it, the street is closed to you at that end.
Multiple Choice #11 14s ▶ Testen

You are riding towards this sign and someone is waiting at the kerb to cross. What do you do?

  • ● Stop and let them cross
  • ○ Ring the bell and ride on; they are still on the kerb
  • ○ Ride on; the crossing only counts once they have stepped onto it
At a pedestrian crossing anyone who wants to cross — not only someone already on the stripes — has priority. Slow down early and stop.