Traffic rules and road signs
This domain tests whether you can read a Danish road scene quickly and act on it: sign families, road markings, lane discipline, and the rules that apply in towns, on rural roads and on motorways. The motorcycle test leans on it heavily because a rider has no crumple zone - a misread sign is an unprotected mistake.
Sign families you must recognise instantly
- Triangle with red border = warning: bend, junction, pedestrian crossing, wild animals, uneven road.
- Circle with red ring = prohibition or restriction: no overtaking, speed limit, no motorcycles, no entry.
- Inverted triangle = give way; that same shape at a junction tells you the other road has priority.
- Blue circle = mandatory: keep right, compulsory cycle path, minimum speed.
- Rectangle or square = information: direction, place names, motorway, services.
A supplementary plate under a sign limits or explains it - a distance (500 m), a time window, or a vehicle category. Read it before you act; the sign alone is only half the message.
Lane and road-marking rules
Keep as far right as is safe and overtake on the left. Do not cross a solid white line, and do not enter a hatched area except in an emergency. Cycle lanes and cycle paths are for cycles; a motorcycle may use one only where a sign explicitly permits it. The same applies to bus lanes - some Danish bus lanes admit motorcycles, but only when the plate says so.
Never overtake where a vehicle has stopped at a pedestrian crossing, at a junction unless you can see it is clear, or anywhere your view ahead is blocked.
Lights, signals and police
Motorcycles must ride with a dipped headlamp on, day and night. An indicator signals intention; it does not create a right of way, so cancel it after the manoeuvre. Police officers directing traffic outrank lights, signs and markings.
Worked example
You approach a T-junction on a minor road. A give-way triangle faces you, and a cycle path runs along the main road. You want to turn right. Who yields? The give-way sign means you yield to traffic on the priority road - and that includes cyclists on the parallel cycle path. Turning right across that path while a cyclist is going straight would put you at fault even if the cyclist was hidden in your mirror's blind spot. Signal, stop if needed, look right, and move only when path and road are both clear.
Traps that cost marks
- Treating a warning triangle as a give-way sign; only the inverted triangle means yield.
- Believing an indicator gives you priority.
- Ignoring the supplementary plate under a speed, parking or bus-lane sign.
- Overtaking a vehicle that has stopped at a crossing.