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Leitpfosten — Roadside guide post

Zeichen 620, StVO Anlage 4. The StVO's own wording: guide posts mark the course of the road, standing 'in der Regel im Abstand von 50 m' and closer together in bends. Verified 2026-08-03.

Leitpfosten — Roadside guide post
Hinweiszeichen · Information

In plain English

Free distance measuring. Two posts = 100 m, one post = 50 m — which is exactly the following distance you want at 100 km/h.

What you are looking at

Slim white post with a black top band and a reflector — rectangular red reflector on the right-hand side of the road, round white on the left.

Remember it like this

Use them to check your gap: if the car in front passes a post and you reach it before you have counted two seconds, you are too close.

Easy to confuse with — the exam exploits these

Hinweiszeichen (Information) — where you are. usually a blue or green panel. 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