Does this sign indicate that you must turn right at the nearest intersection if you drive a passenger car?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a wide street in town, and on the right there is a blue sign F-12 with a symbol of a lorry with a mass over 3.5 t and an arrow to the right - a sign showing a transit route for lorries. It applies only to the vehicles shown by the symbol, so when you drive a passenger car, you do not have to turn right at the next junction. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that signs F-12 "sign indicating a transit route, placed before a junction" and F-13 "transit route" show, in line with the arrow, the direction of the transit route for the vehicles shown by the symbol on the sign, and that the lorry symbol with the text 3.5 t means a lorry with a maximum permissible mass of more than 3.5 t. This is a direction sign, not an order: it directs lorry transit traffic away from the centre. In a passenger car you drive where you want to, in line with the other signs and the arrows on the lanes.
Legal basis: § 73 and § 23 para. 2 point 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals