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Zulässige Höchstgeschwindigkeit — Speed limit

Zeichen 274, StVO Anlage 2: you may not drive faster than the figure shown. It is a ceiling in ideal conditions, not a target — §3 Abs. 1 StVO still requires you to be able to stop within the distance you can see to be clear. Verified 2026-08-03.

Zulässige Höchstgeschwindigkeit — Speed limit50
Verbotszeichen · Prohibition

In plain English

In rain, fog, snow or heavy traffic the legal speed is often far below the number on the sign. And below 50 m visibility in fog, snow or rain, §3 Abs. 1 caps you at 50 km/h regardless of what the sign says.

What you are looking at

White disc, thick red rim, a large black number (e.g. 50).

Remember it like this

It ends at Zeichen 278, at Zeichen 282, at an Ortstafel — and nowhere else by itself.

Easy to confuse with — the exam exploits these

Verbotszeichen (Prohibition) — you may not. usually a red circle. Checked against StVO Anlage 1–3 on 2026-08-03.

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Fines and Punkte are indicative. The amounts shown come from published Bußgeldkatalog tables, not from statute, and are last verified 2026-08-03. The binding figure is the one on your own Bußgeldbescheid.

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Last updated: 2026-08-03