Speed bumpFlanders

It may be announced by warning sign A14 and indicated at its location by sign F87. At an intersection, it may be announced using A14 alone. Raised devices inside a Zone 30 are also covered by the special rules.

Belgium’s new Code of the Public Road takes effect on 1 June 2027. Unlike many other Belgian traffic signs, the signs relating to speed bumps keep their existing numbers: traffic sign A14 warns of a raised traffic-calming device, while traffic sign F87 indicates the raised device itself. The new Road Code defines a raised device as an installation placed across the public road to reduce traffic speed. Overtaking and stopping on the carriageway are prohibited on such raised devices.

A Belgian speed bump is a type of raised traffic-calming device, legally described as a raised construction placed across the public road to reduce speed.

Belgian regulations distinguish between a speed bump, which has a rounded sinusoidal profile, and a speed table, which has one or more ramps leading to a flat raised section.

Traffic sign A14 warns drivers that one or more raised traffic-calming devices are ahead.

Traffic sign F87 indicates the location of one or more raised traffic-calming devices.

Drivers must approach the regulated raised device with extra caution and moderate speed and must cross it at no more than 30 km/h.

No. Thirty kilometres per hour is the maximum. Drivers must cross more slowly when required by the shape of the device, the vehicle, weather, visibility, pedestrians or other traffic conditions.

It applies to regulated raised devices announced by A14 and F87, devices at intersections announced by A14, and raised devices situated within a Zone 30 marked by F4a and F4b.

Not by itself. The special 30 km/h limit applies while crossing the raised device. After it, the previous road limit resumes unless a C43 sign, Zone 30 or another rule continues to impose 30 km/h.

No. The special rules apply to raised devices covered by the Belgian legal definition, signposting and technical requirements. Drivers must nevertheless approach every visible obstruction at a safe and adapted speed.

A regulated Belgian speed bump is a local rounded elevation with a sinusoidal profile. A speed table has a longer flat raised section with sloping approaches and may extend across an intersection or crossing area.

The standard regulated speed bump has a length of 4.80 metres and a maximum height of 12 centimetres, subject to the technical tolerances and provisions for older installations.

No. A speed cushion does not extend across the full width of the traffic lane. It is not automatically a regulated 30 km/h raised device, although it may be used within a road or zone where another speed limit applies.

The left-side overtaking of a team, a two-wheeled motor vehicle or a vehicle with more than two wheels is prohibited on a raised device. All other passing manoeuvres remain subject to the ordinary safety and overtaking rules.

No. Stopping and parking on a raised device are prohibited unless a local regulation expressly provides otherwise.

No. The raised device alone does not create pedestrian priority. Pedestrians have priority when a pedestrian crossing, traffic signal or another applicable rule gives it to them.

No. Drivers must continue to follow the applicable priority signs, traffic signals and priority-from-the-right rules. The raised construction itself does not determine priority.

Reduce speed before the device, keep the vehicle under control and cross it smoothly. Avoid harsh braking, sudden acceleration or swerving onto another part of the road.