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to the compulsory stop or STOP sign at the next junction.
S-840 is placed below a give-way sign to announce a STOP at the next junction at the indicated distance: here 150 metres. It is not placed below that STOP to indicate its distance from itself, and does not mark the end of a restriction.
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to the compulsory stop or STOP sign at the next junction.
to the end of the restriction.
to the give way sign at the next junction.
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