Parken auf Gehwegen — Parking on the footway
Zeichen 315, StVO Anlage 3. Expressly permits parking half or fully on the pavement, in exactly the position drawn on the sign. The limit is mass, not size: vehicles over 2.8 t permissible total mass may not park on a footway at all. Verified 2026-08-03.
In plain English
The only thing that makes pavement parking legal. The little car drawn on the kerb shows exactly how far up you go — copy the picture.
What you are looking at
Blue square with a white P and a small white car shown straddling a kerb.
Remember it like this
Without this sign or a marked bay, two wheels on the pavement is an offence — however normal it looks on your street.
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.
Original practice questions — not the amtlicher Fragenkatalog. Every question, sign description and scenario here is written by us and covers the same StVO rules as the official Klasse B test. We are not TÜV, DEKRA or a Fahrschule, and we do not reproduce the official catalogue. Road signs themselves are amtliche Werke (StVO Anlage 1–3). Rules checked against StVO and FeV on 2026-08-03.
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.
Last updated: 2026-08-03