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Traffic Code Vocabulary

And Nationality Designators

The traffic codes require adequate familiarity with a country's language to understand the signs. There are sign additions (Zusatzzeichen, panneau supplémentaire, señal suplementario). That is rectangular plates printed black on white. For example, the "parking prohibited" sign may have an addition stating the pertinent times. Some frequently seen words are tabulated in four languages below.

Short Zusatzzeichen Dictionary

Deutsch	Français	Español	English
frei	exempté	excepto	Admitted, free
Zone	zone	zona	Zone
nur	sauf	solamente	Only
Richtung X	direction à X	dirección a X	Direction to X
zeitliche Beschränkung	limité à	limitación a	Limited to
werktags	en semaine	los dias laborables	Weekdays
Mo, Di, Fr	lu,ma,ve	lu,ma,vi	Mo,Tu,Fr
Mi, Do	me,je	mi,ju	We,Th
Sa, So	sa,di	sá,do	Sa,So
wochenends	week-end	fin de semana	Weekends
Splitt, Rollsplitt	gravillons	gravilla	Loose gravel
Linienverkehr	ligne d'autobus	coches de linea	Bus service
Einsatzfahrzeuge	véhicules au secours	coches de urgencia	Emergency vehicles
Krankenfahrzeuge	ambulances	ambulatorios	Ambulances
Ölspur	trace d'huile	rodada de petróleo	Oil track
Länge	longueur	largo	Length
landwirtschaftlicher Verkehr	circulation agricole	tráfico agrícola	Agricultural vehicles
hier bei Rot halten	s'arrêter ici au rouge	pararse aquí a rojo	Stop here on red

Important also is the supplementary sign:

**pace rate (of speed) = Schritt (fahren) = (rouler) au pas = (conducir) en paso = (andare) al passo -** deutsch, français, español, italiano - where the pace has been interpreted by the courts as 5 to 7 km/h.
Note, the penalty for failure to comply may seem here particularly stiff. See also Signs with special significance to safety

Some Traffic Related Vocabulary

Deutsch	Français	Español	English
Fahrstreifen	voie	calzada	Traffic lane
Ausfahrt	sortie	salida	Exit
Autobahn-Kreuz	carrefour (croisement) d'autoroutes	cruce de autopistas	Freeway interchange
strafbar	sous peine de justice	punible	Punishable
verboten	interdiction	prohibición	Prohibited
erlaubt	permi	permitido	Permitted
Vorfahrtsstraße	rue (route) à priorité, voie à grande circulation	calle (carreta) con preferencia	Priority street (road)
Nebenstraße	rue latérale	calle lateral	Side street
Vorfahrt	priorité de passage	prioridad	Right of way
Vorfahrt beachten!	céder la priorité	ceda el paso	Yield the right of way!
Umleitung	détournement	desviación	Detour
Kfz, Auto	véhicule auto	coche	Vehicle
Pkw, Personenwagen	véhicule de tourisme	turismo	Passenger car
Lkw, Lastwagen	camion	camión	Truck
weit rechts fahren!	serrer à l'extrème droit	circular por la extrema derecha	Drive on the far right
Mautstelle	station à péage	estación de peaje	Toll station
Mautstraße	autoroute à péage	carretera de peaje	Toll road

Nationality Designators

(shown below each flag)


Also used in these pages are: J = Japan, TR=Turkey, IS=Iceland, CS=Chechia
 
Be sure your car has a nationality-designator decal when going abroad. Else you
might get ordered back to the border, display of the nationality designator 
being required by law, outside the country of registry.

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