Verbot für Fahrzeuge mit wassergefährdender Ladung — No vehicles with water-polluting loads
Zeichen 269, StVO Anlage 2: you may not use the road with more than 20 litres of water-polluting load. It protects drinking-water catchments and reservoirs. Verified 2026-08-03.
In plain English
Water-protection areas, usually near reservoirs and wells. Distinguished from Zeichen 261 by the wave symbol on the lorry.
What you are looking at
White disc, red rim, a black tanker lorry with a wavy-line (water) symbol.
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.
Last updated: 2026-08-03