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Cargo port
When you see the sign
Sign 776 shows the road or exit to a cargo port. Follow the arrow or other direction signs if the cargo port is your destination, and adapt your driving to possible heavy traffic and activity in the port area.
Rules
- The sign identifies or indicates the direction to a cargo port; it does not by itself impose any prohibition, requirement or special speed limit.
- The arrow, exit symbol or position on the direction sign determines which direction you should follow.
- The usual rules on right of way, lanes and speed limits still apply unless other signs or road markings specify otherwise.
- The sign does not automatically grant access to restricted quays, terminals or other areas with limited access.
Tips
- Be prepared for lorries that turn widely, take a long time to accelerate or need extra space.
- Move into the correct lane early when the symbol appears on an advance direction sign or directional sign.
- Look for supplementary signs, gates and local signs regulating access, stopping or parking within the port area.
- Do not follow the sign if you are going to a passenger ferry or marina; these may have different directional signs.
Common misconceptions
- Thinking that the sign warns of an ordinary ferry quay or passenger port. It specifically indicates a port or terminal for freight traffic.
- Thinking that the sign gives freight or port traffic priority. Right of way is determined by other signs and the traffic rules.
- Assuming that everyone can drive all the way into the port area. Parts of the area may be private, secured or access-controlled.
Test yourself
Easy
What does the symbol indicate?
- AIt indicates a ferry quay or terminal for passenger traffic.
- BIt indicates a port or terminal for freight traffic.
- CIt shows that lorries are required to follow this road.
- DIt shows the lanes leading towards an intersection or exit.
Medium
You are going to deliver goods, and the symbol appears on a direction sign with an arrow pointing right. At the exit, you have vikeplikt (give way). What do you do?
- AI stop before the exit because the symbol warns of a prohibition of access.
- BI turn right after complying with vikeplikt (give way).
- CI turn right because the symbol gives me forkjørsrett (priority).
- DI continue straight ahead because the symbol cannot indicate a direction.
Hard
The symbol is shown on a gantry direction sign above the right-hand lane. What is correct about the information you receive?
- AThe symbol indicates the correct lane, while the position of the sign indicates a passenger port.
- BThe symbol gives access to the terminal, while the position of the sign cancels access restrictions.
- CThe symbol indicates the destination, while the position of the sign indicates the correct lane.
- DThe symbol gives port traffic forkjørsrett (priority), while the position of the sign is merely advisory.
Theory test tip
In the theory test, the sign may be confused with an advance direction sign or directional sign. Remember that 776 indicates the destination Godshavn, while the sign's layout and arrows show where and how you should drive.
Did you know
The Godshavn sign is used to direct lorry traffic in particular to the appropriate port terminals and can therefore help keep heavy traffic away from town centres, passenger quays and local residential areas.
Frequently asked questions
Does sign 776 mean that I am approaching a ferry quay?
Not necessarily. The sign indicates a cargo port, meaning a port area for handling and transporting freight, rather than primarily a passenger ferry.
Do I have to slow down when I see the sign?
The sign does not set a separate speed limit. You must nevertheless obey the applicable speed limit and adapt your speed to heavy traffic, junctions, gates and other activity.
Does the sign give lorries priority?
No. Lorries and other port traffic must follow the same right-of-way rules as everyone else, unless specific signs or traffic regulations state otherwise.
Can a passenger car follow the sign to the cargo port?
Yes, if the driver has a lawful reason to be there and no other signs restrict access. The sign alone does not, however, authorise entry into restricted or secured terminal areas.
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