Additional characters

An additional sign (Germany) or an additional sign ( Austria, Switzerland) specifies the meaning of a traffic sign (Germany) or a signal (Switzerland) with which it is usually set up together.

Germany

The traffic sign "general danger point" is given concrete form by the additional signs. Here: Warning of a restricted clearance profile for the next 3 km.
In addition: speed limit to 10 km / h from the sign, the arrangement of which is automatically canceled after 3 km after leaving the danger zone

In Germany, additional signs refer to the actual traffic sign directly above the additional sign .
Exceptions are the additional signs 1000-32 and 1048-19 , which must be affixed above the traffic sign in connection with the regulation signs 205 (give way) and 206 (stop, give way) . The additional sign 1022-10 can also be set up for the clearance of left-hand cycle paths without an actual traffic sign.

Additional signs are summarized in 4 main groups according to the catalog of traffic signs (VzKat), part: 8:

Group of general additional characters
Group of "free" additional characters
Group of additional restrictive characters
Group of special additional characters

Examples of historical German additional boards and signs
Follow three sharp bends, StVO 1936
Course of the ban (no parking), StVO 1953
For trucks and trains with a gross vehicle weight over 7.5 tons, StVO 1956
Children are allowed to play on the road and the hard shoulder, StVO 1970
Passenger cars free, StVO 1970

Examples of additional signs according to the current traffic sign catalog
Additional characters 1000-10
Example from the group of general additional characters
Additional characters 1020–1030
Example from the group of “free” additional characters
Additional characters 1040-30
Example from the group of restrictive additional characters
Additional characters 1060-10
Example from the group of special additional characters

Comprehensive compilations

Commons : International and German-language additional symbols - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ The original wording contains the phrase “as a rule”, but a ruling by the BVerwG in 2003 makes it clear that this rule always applies.
↑ Sections 2.1 and 3.2 of Appendix 2 to Section 41 Paragraph 1 of the StVO . In: Road Traffic Regulations . Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[1] The original wording contains the phrase “as a rule”, but a ruling by the BVerwG in 2003 makes it clear that this rule always applies.

[2] Sections 2.1 and 3.2 of Appendix 2 to Section 41 Paragraph 1 of the StVO . In: Road Traffic Regulations . Retrieved April 8, 2019.