Topic: Traffic signs, markings and signals · Nº 789 / 1397
¿Qué indican las marcas blancas y rojas en la calzada?
What do red and white markings on the carriageway indicate?
- AZona reservada para la salida de carreras de coches.An area reserved for the start of car races.
- BZona reservada para aparcar camiones.An area reserved for parking lorries.
- CZona para frenado de emergencia: no se puede parar ni estacionar.An emergency braking area: you may not stop or park there.
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- CZona para frenado de emergencia: no se puede parar ni estacionar.An emergency braking area: you may not stop or park there.
Explanation
The chequerboard of white and red squares is marking M-7.11, the entrance to an arrester bed: it shows where an emergency braking area begins, and stopping, parking and any other use of it are prohibited.
The rule · Real Decreto 465/2025, de 10 de junio, por el que se modifica el Reglamento General de Circulación en materia de señalización de tráfico · Catálogo de marcas viales, M-7.11
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