重量制限ベルギー

Traffic sign C21 prohibits access for drivers of vehicles whose actual loaded mass exceeds the mass displayed on the sign.

C21 is a circular prohibition sign displaying a maximum mass, normally expressed in tonnes.

The massa in beladen toestand is the combined mass of the vehicle itself, its load, the driver and every other person being transported.

Yes. The driver and all passengers are included in the vehicle’s actual loaded mass.

Yes. All goods, equipment and other load carried by the vehicle contribute to its actual loaded mass.

No. C21 concerns the vehicle’s actual mass while loaded, which may be lower than its maximum authorised mass.

Actual loaded mass is what the vehicle currently weighs. Maximum authorised mass is the highest total mass for which the vehicle is legally approved.

It may pass when its actual loaded mass does not exceed the displayed value, unless another sign separately prohibits its vehicle category.

Yes. C21 applies to every vehicle whose actual loaded mass exceeds the displayed limit, not only to trucks.

The current sign description refers to vehicles. From 1 June 2027, the wording expressly includes vehicles and vehicle combinations.

The driver must consider how the applicable restriction treats the vehicle combination and must not continue when the relevant loaded mass exceeds the displayed limit.

C21 restricts every vehicle according to its actual loaded mass. C23 prohibits goods vehicles and combinations as a category and may use a supplementary mass inscription based on their maximum authorised mass.

Yes. Where C23 applies according to vehicle category or maximum authorised mass, reducing the current load may not remove the prohibition.

Under the current Highway Code, C22 is the sign prohibiting coaches, not an axle-load sign. A separate C22 axle-load restriction is introduced by the new Code of the Public Road from 1 June 2027.

From 1 June 2027, C22 prohibits vehicles or vehicle combinations whose actual loaded mass per axle exceeds the value displayed.

It may protect a bridge, road surface or other structure from a load concentrated too heavily on one axle, even when the vehicle’s total mass is otherwise permitted.

C21 prohibits vehicles whose actual loaded mass is higher than the displayed mass. The driver must be certain that the limit is not exceeded.

The vehicle can be weighed on a suitable weighbridge. Registration documents normally provide technical and authorised limits rather than the current mass of the loaded vehicle.

Redistributing cargo does not reduce the vehicle’s total loaded mass. It may, however, change individual axle loads and become relevant to the new C22 axle restriction.

Yes. The vehicle may continue only after sufficient weight has been removed, the remaining load is secured and all other legal requirements are respected.

Yes. When legal loading or technical mass requirements are violated, the driver may be required to unload, uncouple or move the vehicle to the nearest suitable place. The vehicle may otherwise be detained.

No. C21 may also be installed temporarily to protect a damaged bridge, weakened road or temporary roadworks structure.

Yes. A zonal C21 restriction may prohibit vehicles above the displayed actual loaded mass throughout the signed area until the corresponding end-zone sign.

No. The restriction continues across intersections until the end-zone sign is passed.

Yes. Belgian placement rules require C21 to be installed at a location where affected drivers can still choose an alternative route.

A similar advance C21 sign with a supplementary distance panel must be placed earlier where the driver can still select another route.

Yes. A prohibition sign placed above or clearly associated with a particular lane applies to that lane or indicated part of the public road.

No. The applicable regional, zonal, posted and vehicle-specific speed limits remain in force.

No. Drivers must continue to obey traffic lights, priority signs and the ordinary priority rules.

Do not pass the sign. Stop where safe and use the indicated diversion or another route suitable for the vehicle’s actual loaded mass.

Reversing is a manoeuvre, so the driver must give way to every other road user. Assistance may be necessary for a long or heavy vehicle combination.

Yes. The Code of the Public Road retains C21 and the new axle-load sign C22 among the restrictions that priority vehicles may not disregard merely because they are carrying out a priority assignment.

The new Belgian code expressly applies C21 to vehicles and vehicle combinations according to their actual loaded mass and introduces C22 for actual loaded mass per axle.