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The meaning of every traffic sign is not immediately clear.
The sign with the inscription “OD” also raises questions.
That's what it's all about.
Kassel - Despite years of driving experience, there are traffic signs that drivers don't necessarily know - including the puzzling sign that says "OD".
There are different versions of this that differ in color and design.
It is not uncommon for the traffic sign in the form of a stone to be placed inconspicuously on the side of the road.
What does the OD traffic sign stand for?
The stones with the carved inscription are usually half a meter high and therefore relatively small.
Therefore, drivers may miss the OD traffic sign on the road.
But that's not a bad thing because it has no relevance for the layperson.
This is a station sign and has primarily a road legal significance.
The abbreviation “OD” stands for “town transit”.
According to the definition of the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport, a local thoroughfare is “the part of a federal road that lies within the urban area and also serves to develop the adjacent properties or to provide multiple connections to the local road network.”
The OD sign is hardly known.
We can also encounter it as a stone (symbolic photo).
© Daniel Schinzig
Motorways and motorways that run through an urban area are not included.
Both the OD traffic signs and the OD stones are usually located near a town sign.
In some federal states the sign also has a “V” and “E”.
These letters represent the connection area within a location.
The OD traffic sign has to do with costs
But why is the street marked as a through town at all?
The reason for this is that in this case the federal government, rather than the municipalities, assumes the burden of road construction and thus the costs of repairs and renovations.
However, there are some rules that have been summarized by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport.
These include:
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The municipalities are always responsible for the construction of sidewalks and parking spaces in town thoroughfares.
The municipalities are responsible for the road construction burden for all parts of the town thoroughfares if they have more than 80,000 inhabitants.
If the population limit of 80,000 is exceeded in the census, the road construction burden, if it was previously the responsibility of the federal government, will be transferred to the municipality at the beginning of the third financial year.
The costs for identifying the OD traffic signs are borne by the federal government.
However, the legal situation changes when the boundaries of local thoroughfares shift, for example due to the development of new residential areas.
There are also traffic signs that you think you know their meaning.
But by the time the fine notice arrives in the mailbox, it turns out that the previous assumption was wrong.
This also happened to a man in Berlin: he parked incorrectly because he misinterpreted the sign and then received a hefty fine.
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