交通渋滞フランデレン
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1. 交通渋滞
交通渋滞は、交通が極めて混雑し、車両が非常に遅く走行したり長時間停止したりする状態です。交通量、事故、工事、車線閉鎖、悪天候などが原因になります。運転者は落ち着き、安全な車間距離を保ち、不必要な車線変更を避け、オートバイ、緊急車両、急ブレーキに注意します。渋滞中の車線合流ではジッパー方式が義務となる場合があります。
Is there a traffic sign for traffic jams in Belgium?
Yes. Under the current Belgian rules, warning sign A50 indicates a traffic jam. Under the new Code of the Public Road, the traffic-jam warning sign becomes A32.
Do drivers have to create an emergency corridor in a traffic jam in Belgium?
Yes. When a traffic jam forms on a road with at least two lanes in the same direction, drivers must create a rescue lane. Drivers in the left lane move as far left as possible, while drivers in the other lanes move as far right as possible.
When do you have to zipper merge in Belgium?
In heavily congested traffic, when a lane ends or becomes blocked, drivers in that lane must continue until just before the narrowing and then merge into the adjacent lane. Drivers in the continuing lane must alternately allow one vehicle to merge.
Do you have to zipper merge when entering a motorway in Belgium?
No. The normal rule for entering a motorway still applies: drivers using the entrance ramp must give way to vehicles already on the motorway. Zipper merging does not replace that priority rule.
Can motorcycles filter through traffic jams in Belgium?
Yes, under specific conditions. Motorcyclists may ride between slow-moving or stationary traffic, subject to the applicable speed and safety restrictions. Under the new Code of the Public Road, motorcycles may also use the rescue lane for filtering but must clear it when authorised emergency or assistance vehicles approach.
Will the rescue-lane rule remain under Belgium’s new Road Code?
Yes. The new Code of the Public Road keeps the mandatory rescue lane on roads with two or more lanes in the same direction when a traffic jam forms.
