Rule
Stopping vs parking
Stopping means brief pause for passengers to get in/out or loading/unloading; you have feet on the pedals or are right next to the car. Parking is everything else, including leaving the car even for 30 seconds.
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Lesson6 min
Parking: the distances you must know
10 m, 3 m, 30 m — and when merely 'stopping' is allowed but parking is not.
You will learn, among other things:
Heads up
The distances you MUST know
• 10 m before a pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing, or railway crossing (before only – not after) • 10 m before and after an intersection, on both sides • 20 m before a stop sign (bus/tram), 5 m after • Never in front of a driveway – you'd block it • Never on or in front of a footpath • Never in a way that blocks snow removal or street sweeping
Exam trap
Where you can't stop at all
Absolute stopping bans (even brief stops): on a footpath, cycle path, in a junction, on a pedestrian crossing, on a priority road outside built-up areas, on a motorway (except emergency stops), on a railway crossing.
Tip
P-sign with time: read carefully
Black numbers on the supplementary plate apply on weekdays (Mon-Fri), e.g. "2 hrs" between the stated times. Red numbers apply on Sundays and public holidays – not Saturdays. Numbers in parentheses apply on the weekday before a Sunday or public holiday, e.g. a Saturday before a Sunday. A P sign with no time plate means no time limit, but other rules still apply (e.g. parking bans on certain days for street cleaning).