When approaching a road marked with the blue circular sign with a truck silhouette (R-406), how must you act if you are driving a van with a maximum authorized mass (MAM) above 3,500 kg?

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Sign R-406 (blue circle with a truck silhouette) requires drivers of all kinds of trucks, tractor units and vans, regardless of their mass, to drive on the roadway at whose entrance it is located; if it carries a tonnage figure, it only obliges vehicles whose maximum authorized mass (MAM) exceeds it. A van of more than 3,500 kg MAM is included, so it is required to drive on that roadway. Circular signs with a blue background are mandatory signs, not mere recommendations: driving on that roadway is not voluntary. Nor must you leave the roadway, because the sign does not prohibit passage, but imposes exactly the opposite.

When approaching a road marked with the blue circular sign with a truck silhouette (R-406), how must you act if you are driving a van with a maximum authorized mass (MAM) above 3,500 kg?

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