• In the traffic rules, the following definitions are used:
  • Road:  Public or private road, street or space (including storage area, car park, bus stop, bridge, winter road, except for marked snowmobile trails, ferry quay or other quay which is in immediate connection with a road) which is open to general traffic.
  • Road junction:  Place where a road crosses or flows into another road.
  • Carriageway:  The part of the road intended for normal driving.
  • Driving lane:  Each of the longitudinal lanes into which a carriageway is divided by markings, or which is wide enough for traffic with a row of cars.
  • Shoulder:  The part of the road that lies outside the curb line.
  • Walkway and cycle path:  Road which, by public traffic signs, is designa­ted for walking, cycling or combined foot and cycle traffic.  The road is sepa­rated from other roads by a lawn, ditch, fence, curb or in some other way.
  • Cycle lane:  A lane designated by public traffic signs and road markings for cyclists.
  • Pavement:  Facilities for pedestrians that are separated from the carri­ageway by curbs.
  • Military vehicle convoy and Civil Defense convoy:  Four or more vehicles belonging to the Armed Forces or the Civil Defense and which are driven in a row with a blue flag or light on the front vehicle and a green flag or light on the rear.
  • Level crossing:  Crossing in the same level between road and railway or tramway on a separate track body.
  • Parking:  Any parking of a vehicle, even if the driver does not leave it. Exceptions are the shortest possible stop for disembarking or boarding passengers or unloading or loading goods.
  • Wheelchair:  A device with wheels and/or belts that is specially designed for the movement of a person with reduced walking ability.  The device must have a weight not exceeding 250 kg (including any batteries), a length not exceeding 180 cm and a width not exceeding 85 cm.  If the device is motor-driven, it must have a speed not exceeding 15 km/h.  Such devices are not considered a motor vehicle according to the Road Traffic Act.
  • Toy vehicle:  A motorized device intended for children that is not consi­dered a motor vehicle according to the Road Traffic Act when the device has a speed not exceeding 6 km/h and a weight not exceeding 50 kg.
• Otherwise, the definitions in the Road Traffic Act and in regulations issued pur­suant to the act apply.

• The traffic rules apply to all road traffic.
• The rules on vehicle traffic apply, as far as they are suitable, also to riders and to those who lead riding, load or draft animals or lead or drive domestic animals.
• As a pedestrian is also considered anyone who
  • go skiing or roller skiing,
  • drives a wheelchair or chair sledge or ride sleds,
  • lead a bicycle or moped, push a personal light electric vehicle or pram or use a toy vehicle.
• When it is necessary or to significantly facilitate the service, or for training for such service, what is specified in or pursuant to the Road Traffic Act §§ 4 to 9 may be waived by
  • driver of an emergency vehicle,
  • driver of another vehicle in the service of the police,
  • driver of a vehicle that is used for road work or similar work on or near a road, in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration's control service and in the control and enforcement of parking and stopping on public thorough­fares.  Nevertheless, such a driver must always comply with the rules in the Road Traffic Act § 6 (speed rules) and in the traffic rules § 13 (driving speed).  The same applies to provisions on traffic light signals.

  Drivers mentioned in the previous paragraph must always follow instructions given by the police.

  When driving against a red traffic light, the driver of an emergency vehicle must slow down so much that it can immediately stop for possible crossing or oncoming traffic.

• For the driver of a tram, the traffic rules only apply when this appears from the relevant provisions.

  The provisions of the Road Traffic Act § 3, § 5, § 6, § 9, § 12, § 21, § 23 and § 31 also apply to tram drivers.

• The traffic rules do not limit the municipality's ability to regulate the use and park­ing of vehicles for hire or other commercial activities on municipal land at its own discretion.

• Indications given by traffic lights, public traffic signs or markings on the road apply before the traffic rules.

  Indications given by traffic lights apply before instructions about the obligation to give way given at public traffic signs.

  Special traffic light signal for traffic in lanes for public transport, cycling or walking, only applies to traffic in the lane in question, and applies before other traffic lights.

• Indications given by the police, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the customs service or the military police apply before instructions given in any other way.  The same applies to instructions from another person who has the authority to regulate traffic or to control vehicles, loads or drivers.
• This section also applies to tram drivers.

• Drivers must use the carriageway.  It is forbidden to drive on pavements or walk­ways.

  Drivers other than cyclists must not use cycle paths or cycle lanes.  Cyclists must only use cycle lanes on the right side of the road.

  Personal light electric vehicles can use cycle paths and cycle lanes.  Personal light electric vehicles must only use cycle lanes on the right side of the road.

• On motorways and motor traffic roads or on entrance or exit roads to motorways and motor traffic roads, there must only be traffic with motor vehicles, or vehicle trains, which can legally be driven at least 40 km/h on a level road.  The Directo­rate of Public Roads or the person it authorizes can make exceptions to this in individual cases.

  Mopeds must not be driven on motorways or motor traffic roads.

• – – –  (repealed 10 April 2018 by regulation 10 April 2018 no. 548)

• As far as conditions permit, vehicles must be driven on the right side of the road. On a carriageway with two or more lanes in the direction of travel, the right lane must be used when the traffic rules do not require or allow the use of the left lane.

  Vehicles must be kept well within the lane.

  Bicycles or other vehicles that are not motor vehicles can be driven on the right shoulder of the road.

  Personal light electric vehicles can be driven on the right shoulder of the road.

• Driving in public transport lanes and shared use lanes is only permitted as indica­ted on public traffic signs.  Nevertheless, an electric or hydrogen-powered motor vehicle, a two-wheeled motorcycle without a sidecar, a two-wheeled moped, a bi­cycle, a personal light electric vehicle or a uniformed emergency vehicle can use such fields.

  Driving in heavy traffic lanes is only permitted as indicated on public traffic signs.  Nevertheless, uniformed emergency vehicles can use such fields.

• The distance to the driver in front must be so great that there is no risk of colli­sion if the driver in front slows down or stops.  The distance must be such that overtaking vehicles can drive in between the vehicles without danger.
• Drivers approaching or entering a road junction must drive in such a way that they must not stop to unnecessarily obstruct or disturb road users on the crossing road.

  This number also applies to tram drivers.

• On a carriageway with two or more lanes in the direction of travel, drivers must drive into the rightmost lane in good time when turning to the right.  When turning to the left, the driver must drive into the lane on the far left in good time.
• When turning to the right, drive as close to the right-hand edge of the carriage­way as possible.

  On a two-way carriageway, when turning to the left, drive as close to the cen­ter of the carriageway as possible.

• When turning onto a carriageway with two or more lanes in the direction of travel, you can drive into the lane that suits you best.
• Vehicles coming from opposite directions can turn to the left of each other.

• Road users who must give way must not be obstructed or disturbed.  The person who is obliged to give way must clearly show this by slowing down or stopping in good time.
• Drivers are obliged to give way to vehicles coming from the right.  The same applies when drivers who want to turn left will have vehicles on their right.
• Drivers who want to turn have an obligation to give way to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers of small electric motor vehicles going straight ahead on the carriage­way or the shoulder of the road.  Drivers who want to turn onto the pavement are obliged to give way to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers of personal light electric vehicles traveling on the pavement.

  The driver of a tram who wants to turn into a road with a pedestrian lane is obliged to give way to pedestrians when the pedestrian signal lights up green.

• Drivers coming from a car park, bus stop, square, property, gas station, pedes­trian street, street yard or similar area are obliged to give way to other road users.  The same applies to anyone coming from a farm road or other road that is not open to general traffic, or who turns onto the carriageway from the shoul­der of the road.

  Drivers who want to enter or cross a road from a cycle path, footpath or pavement are obliged to give way to road users.  This obligation does not apply to drivers from or to the areas mentioned in the first paragraph.

• On a road with a speed limit of 60 km/h or less, the driver is obliged to give way to a bus when the bus driver signals that the bus is to leave the bus stop.  The bus driver must avoid danger.
• If necessary, oncoming drivers must give way sufficiently to the right in good time and drive slowly or stop.  If part of the road is blocked, the person on whose side the road is blocked is obliged to give way.

• Drivers who want to change lanes have an obligation to give way to drivers who are in the lane they are driving into or who must first cross.

  The same applies to anyone who wants to drive off the side of the road or otherwise change the position of the vehicle in a lateral direction.

  The provision in the first paragraph does not apply when the number of nor­mal lanes in the same direction is reduced.  The speed must be mutually adapted so that the drivers can alternately continue without undue hindrance or distur­bance.

• Drivers in the speed increase lane must adapt their speed to the traffic in the lane they are driving into.  Drivers in this lane must ease out of the speed increase lane.

  Drivers who want to leave the road must drive into a speed reduction zone as soon as possible where there is one.

• Drivers must allow pedestrians sufficient space on the road.
• Drivers crossing footpaths or pavements are obliged to give way to pedestrians. The same applies to driving on a pedestrian street or street garden.

  At pedestrian crossings where traffic is not regulated by the police or at traffic lights, the driver is obliged to give way to pedestrians who are in the pedestrian crossing or are on their way out of it.

• Anyone who wants to pass to the right of a tram at a stop without a traffic island must stop and give way to passengers getting off or getting on.

  The same applies to cyclists and drivers of personal light electric vehicles who will pass on the right of a bus at a bus stop.

• Drivers must avoid stopping on footpaths.

  This number also applies to tram drivers.

• Road users must give way to emergency vehicles when the driver of the emer­gency vehicle warns with a flashing blue light.  If necessary, the road user must stop.
• Road users must give way and, if necessary, stop for trams and railway trains.

  Before passing a level crossing, road users must be aware of whether a rail­way train or tram is approaching.  This applies even if the transfer is separately secured.  Drivers must keep their speed so low that, if necessary, they can stop at a safe distance from the level crossing.

• Road users must not obstruct or disturb pedestrians in a group under the super­vision of a leader, procession, funeral procession, military vehicle column or civil defense column.
• No. 1 and 3 in this section also apply to tram drivers.

• Anyone who backs up or turns has an obligation to give way to other road users. If the view is not sufficient, reversing or turning must not be carried out unless someone else is watching or the driver has made sure by himself that no danger or damage can occur.
• Reversing and turning are prohibited on motorways and motor traffic roads or on entrance or exit roads to motorways and motor traffic roads.

• Overtaking must take place on the left.  Nevertheless, the following shall apply:
  • When the driver in front turns left or is clearly preparing for such a turn, overtaking must take place on the right.
  • Overtaking a leading or stationary tram can take place on the right.
  • If the traffic is so dense that the vehicles occupy all lanes in the direction of travel and are driven at a speed determined by the vehicle in front, vehicles in one lane can pass to the right of vehicles in another lane.
  • Drivers in lanes that are reserved for certain road users can pass on the right of vehicles in other lanes.
• Before overtaking, the driver must ensure that
  • the road is clear of obstacles for a sufficiently long stretch ahead,
  • the driver in front has not signaled to overtake,
  • no vehicles behind has started to overtake,
  • it is obviously possible to rejoin the flow of traffic without disrupting it.
• The person who has overtaken on the left must turn right again when the over­take has ended without causing danger to or obstructing or unduly disturbing the overtaken vehicle.
• When someone wants to pass on the left, the driver in front must keep as far to the right as possible, and not increase speed.  When the vehicle moves slowly or takes up a lot of space, and the road is unclear or has oncoming traffic, the driver must, if necessary, give way to the right and slow down or stop.
• Overtaking is prohibited immediately ahead or at a road junction.  This does not apply
  • on a carriageway with two or more lanes in the direction of travel,
  • when overtaking on the right because the driver in front is turning left or is clearly preparing for such a turn,
  • when traffic at a road junction is regulated by traffic lights or by the police,
  • when traffic on a crossing road is obliged to give way by a public traffic sign.

  Overtaking is prohibited where visibility is obstructed by a hilltop, curve or in some other way.  The exception is overtaking in lanes where oncoming traffic is not permitted.

  The provisions in this number also apply to the extent that they are appropri­ate when overtaking trams.  They do not apply when overtaking two-wheeled vehicles that are positioned on the right in the lane.

• Drivers approaching a pedestrian crossing must not drive past a vehicle or tram that obstructs any part of the view of the pedestrian crossing.

• The driver must be able to stop on the stretch of road over which the driver has an overview, and in front of any foreseeable obstacle.
• Drivers must, in particular, keep a sufficiently low speed and, if necessary, stop immediately when passing
  • children staying on or near the road,
  • school patrol,
  • person who uses a white cane or guide dog for a blind person,
  • another person who can be assumed to suffer from a blemish or disease that inhibits him in traffic,
  • tram or bus that has stopped or is about to stop at a stop.
• On pedestrian streets or street gardens, the driver must not drive faster than walking speed.
• On stretches of road with a special speed limit higher than 80 km/h, a motor vehicle with a permissible total weight of over 3500 kg or a motor vehicle with a trailer must not be driven faster than 80 km/h.

  The prohibition in the first paragraph does not apply to:

  • Emergency vehicle.
  • Motor vehicle in vehicular group M1 without trailer and with a permissible total weight not exceeding 7500 kg.  The motor vehicle must be equipped with tires sized for the speed limit on the site.
  • A bus without a trailer that is only registered in either class III or bus class 3. Such a bus cannot, however, travel at a higher speed than 100 km/h.  The bus must be equipped exclusively with seats, have seat belts for everyone and be equipped with tires designed for 100 km/h or higher.  Retreaded or retreaded tires must not be used on the front axle.  Bus class I cannot drive faster than 70 km/h.
  • Motor vehicle and trailer that both meet the requirements of regulations on the use of vehicles § 4−4 and § 4−5.  However, such a truck combination cannot travel at a higher speed than 100 km/h.
• – – –  (repealed 11 March 2022 by regulation 11 March 2022 no. 359)
• This section also applies, as far as it is suitable, to the driver of a tram.

• Unnecessary or reckless use of sound or light signals is prohibited.
• In the event of a turn or other significant change in the location of the vehicle in a lateral direction, signs must be given to guide other road users.
• The driver of an emergency vehicle that requires a clear road must warn with a flashing blue light.  A separate sound signal can also be used, but only when necessary.

  When it is necessary to prevent danger, the driver of a vehicle used for road work or similar and which deviates from road traffic regulations, must warn with flashing yellow lights.

• This section also applies, as far as it is suitable, to the driver of a tram.

• Lights that are required for vehicles must be switched on while driving when the light or visibility conditions make it necessary to give the driver a sufficient field of vision or to make the vehicle visible to other road users.

  When driving a motor vehicle, the required high beam, low beam or approved driving lights must always be on.

• High beams must not be used so that other road users are dazzled.  The same applies when meeting a railway train, tram or vessel that is driven along the road.
• Low beams must be used when high beams are not required or are not permitted to be used.
• Parking lights must be on when stopped or parked on the road when the light or visibility conditions make it necessary to make the vehicle visible to other road users.

  High beam or low beam must not be switched on when stopping or parking as mentioned in the first paragraph.

• Permitted auxiliary lights must not be used for purposes other than those for which they are intended.

  Bending/fog lights cannot be used together with low beam.

  Motorcycles can use fog lights together with low beam when driving in daylight.

• This section also applies, as far as it is suitable, to the driver of a tram.

• There must be no unnecessary and disruptive motor vehicle driving in or near built-up areas.  There must also be no use of the engine at idle or other use of a motor vehicle that causes unnecessary noise or unnecessary emissions of smoke or gas.
• In or near built-up areas, the driving route, speed and driving style must be ad­justed so that no one is disturbed unnecessarily.

• Stopping is prohibited
  • in a difficult curve, in a tunnel, on a hilltop or in another difficult place,
  • at a road junction or closer than 5 meters from the road junction.  The dis­tance is calculated from the point where the curb, curb line or road edge begins to round,
  • wholly or partly on pavements, footpaths or cycle paths,
  • on pedestrian crossings or cycle crossings or closer than 5 meters in front of such places,
  • on motorways and motor traffic roads or on entrance or exit roads to motorways and motor traffic roads,
  • closer to level crossing than 5 metres,
  • in public transport lanes, shared use lanes or cycle lanes, except for buses or trams at stops.
  • on a road extension for a bus, taxi or tram stop or closer than 20 meters from a public traffic sign for such a stop.  Stopping for getting off or on a vehicle is permitted provided it does not obstruct a bus, taxi or tram.
• Parking is prohibited
  • in front of an entrance or exit,
  • at the meeting place in the entire width of the road as far as the carriage­way is widened,
  • on pedestrian street,
  • on the street garden outside of specially designated parking places.
• Parking on a priority road with a higher speed limit than 50 km/h is prohibited.

• Cyclists may pass on the right for vehicles other than bicycles and personal light electric vehicles.
• Cyclists who want to turn left can continue to keep to the right on the road and turn where appropriate.  Cyclists are then obliged to give way to other road users. Such turning can be done without regard to what is indicated about the choice of lane at public traffic signs or at markings on the road, when it is not specifically aimed at cyclists.
• Cycling on footpaths, pavements or in pedestrian crossings is permitted when there is little foot traffic and cycling does not cause danger or obstruct pedestri­ans.  When passing pedestrians, such cycling must take place at a good distance, at approximately walking speed and in any case at a speed not exceeding 6 km/h.
• Bicycles may be stopped or parked on cycle paths, footpaths, pavements, pedes­trian streets or street gardens if they do not cause unnecessary hindrance or inconvenience.

• Pedestrians must use footpaths, pavements or the shoulder of the road.  If it is not reasonable due to the speed etc. or if it is possible to do this, pedestrians can use cycle paths, cycle lanes or carriageways.

  Pedestrians using the carriageway must go to the far left in the direction of walking, but to the far right if they are leading a bicycle.  The opposite side of the carriageway can be used if the pedestrian would otherwise be exposed to danger, or if special circumstances dictate it.

• Pedestrians must cross the carriageway in a pedestrian crossing, on a footbridge or in a pedestrian tunnel when there is one nearby.  Otherwise, pedestrians must walk straight across the carriageway and preferably at road junctions.

  Before crossing the carriageway outside a pedestrian crossing, pedestrians must make sure that they do not endanger or unnecessarily obstruct or disturb other road users.

  The provision in this number applies correspondingly to cycle paths.

• The driver of a wheelchair as mentioned in § 1 no. 1 letter l must, when passing pedestrians on footpaths, pavements or pedestrian crossings, keep a good dis­tance and approximate walking speed.

• The driver of a personal light electric vehicle may pass on the right for vehicles other than bicycles and personal light electric vehicles.
• The driver of a personal light electric vehicle who wants to turn left can continue to keep to the right on the road and turn where appropriate.  The driver is then obliged to give way to other road users.  Such turning can be done without regard to what is indicated about the choice of lane at public traffic signs or at markings on the road.
• Driving a personal light electric vehicle on footpaths, pavements or in pedestrian crossings is permitted when there is little foot traffic and the driving does not cause danger or obstruct pedestrians.  When passing pedestrians, such driving must take place at a good distance, at approximately walking speed and in any case at a speed not exceeding 6 km/h.
• Personal light electric vehicles may be stopped or parked on cycle paths, foot­paths, pavements, pedestrian streets or street gardens if they do not cause unnecessary hindrance or inconvenience.

This regulation enters into force on 1 October 1986.

From the same time, traffic rules given by the Crown Prince Regent's resolution of 26 April 1957 are repealed.