Tatsächliche Masse — Weight limit (actual mass)
Zeichen 262, StVO Anlage 2. Bans vehicles whose ACTUAL mass — vehicle plus load, as it stands right now — exceeds the figure shown. For a combination the limit is applied to each vehicle separately, so car and trailer are weighed apart, not added together. Verified 2026-08-03.
In plain English
The word 'tatsächlich' does the work. This is what your vehicle weighs today, not what its papers permit. A part-loaded lorry under the figure may pass.
What you are looking at
White disc, red rim, a black number with 't' (e.g. 5,5 t).
Remember it like this
Zeichen 253 uses the PERMITTED mass on the papers; Zeichen 262 uses the actual weight on the day.
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.
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