Road and Traffic Signs Flashcards
How can you identify traffic signs that give orders?
Red circles
What does this sign mean?
No motor vehicles
What does this sign mean?
No entry
What does this sign mean?
No traffic from the right
Which sign means ‘no entry’?
What does this sign mean?
Route for trams only
Which type of vehicle does this sign apply to?
High vehicles
Which sign means no motor vehicles allowed?
What does this sign mean?
No overtaking
What does this sign mean?
Waiting restrictions apply
What does this sign mean?
End of restricted parking area
Which sign means ‘no stopping’?
What does this sign mean?
Distance to parking place ahead
What does this sign mean?
Vehicles may park fully on the verge or footway
What does this traffic sign mean?
Give priority to oncoming traffic
What’s the meaning of this traffic sign?
You have priority over vehicles coming towards you
What does this sign mean?
Minimum speed 30 mph
What does this sign mean?
Pass either side to get to the same destination
What does this sign mean?
Route for trams
What does this sign mean?
Contraflow bus lane
What does a sign with a brown background show?
Tourist directions
What does this sign mean?
Tourist attraction
What does this sign mean?
Crossroads
What does this sign mean?
Roundabout
What information would be shown in a triangular road sign?
Road narrows
What does this sign mean?
Cycle route ahead
Which sign means that pedestrians may be walking along the road?
What does this sign mean?
Give way to trams
What does this sign mean?
Humps in the road
What does this sign mean?
End of dual carriageway
What does this sign mean?
Side Winds
What does this traffic sign mean?
Danger ahead
You’re about to overtake. What should you do when you see this sign?
Hold back until you can see clearly ahead
What does this sign mean?
Level crossing with gate or barrier
What does this sign mean?
Trams crossing ahead
What does this sign mean?
Steep hill downwards
What does this sign mean?
Water across the road
What does this sign mean?
No through road on the left
What does this sign mean?
No through road
Which is the sign for a ring road?
What does this sign mean?
The right-hand lane is closed
What does this sign mean?
Lane for heavy and slow vehicles
Where would you see this road marking?
On road humps
What does this motorway sign mean?
Change to the lane on your left
What does this motorway sign mean?
Temporary maximum speed 50 mph
What does this sign mean?
Right-hand lane closed ahead
What does ‘25’ mean on this motorway sign?
The number of the next junction
How should the right-hand lane of a three-lane motorway be used?
As an overtaking lane
Where can you find reflective amber studs on a motorway?
On the right-hand edge of the road
What should you do when you see this sign as you travel along a motorway?
Leave the motorway at the next exit
What does this sign mean?
End of motorway
What does this sign mean?
End of restriction
What does this sign indicate?
A diversion route
What does this sign mean?
No motorcycles
You’re on a motorway. A lorry has stopped in the right-hand lane. What should you do when you see this sign on the lorry?
Pass the lorry on the left
What does this sign mean?
No parking on the days and times shown
What does this sign mean?
Quayside or river bank
What’s the reason for the area marked in red and white along the centre of this road?
It separates traffic flowing in opposite directions
What does this signal mean?
Trams must stop
Where would you find these road markings?
At a mini-roundabout
Which shape is used for a ‘give way’ sign?
What does this sign mean?
Mini-roundabout
What does this sign mean?
Two-way traffic crosses a one-way road
What does this sign mean?
Two-way traffic straight ahead
What does this sign mean?
Hump bridge
What does this sign mean?
Direction to park-and-ride car park
What does this sign mean?
With-flow bus and cycle lane
What does this sign mean?
Zebra crossing ahead
What does this sign mean?
Tunnel ahead
What does the white line along the side of the road indicate?
The edge of the carriageway
What does this white arrow on the road mean?
Return to your side of the road
You’re waiting at a T-junction. What should you do if a vehicle is coming from the right, with its left indicator flashing?
Wait until the vehicle starts to turn in
What shape are traffic signs giving orders?
Which type of sign tells you what you must not do?
What does this sign mean?
Maximum speed limit with traffic calming
What does this sign mean?
End of 20 mph zone
What does this sign mean?
No stopping
What shape is a ‘stop’ sign?
In winter, road signs can become covered by snow. What does this sign mean?
Stop
What messages are given by circular traffic signs that have a blue background?
They give mandatory instructions
Where would you see a contraflow bus lane?
On a one-way street
What’s the purpose of triangular shaped signs?
To give warnings
What does this sign mean?
T-junction
What does this sign mean?
Risk of ice
Which sign means there’s a double bend ahead?
Which sign means the end of a dual carriageway?
What does this sign mean?
Contraflow system
You’re in the left-hand lane at traffic lights, waiting to turn left. Which signal means you must wait?
What does this sign mean?
Traffic lights out of order
Where would you find these flashing red light signals?
Level crossings
What do these zigzag white lines mean?
No parking at any time
When may you cross a double solid white line in the middle of the road?
To pass a road maintenance vehicle travelling at 10 mph or less
What does this road marking mean?
You’re approaching a hazard
Which diagram shows a hazard warning line?
Why does this junction have a ‘stop’ sign and a stop line on the road?
Visibility along the major road is restricted
What does this line across the road at the entrance to a roundabout mean?
Give way to traffic from the right
You’re approaching a junction where the traffic lights aren’t working. What should you do when a police officer gives this signal?
Stop at the stop line
What does this arm signal mean?
The driver intends to turn left
Which sign means that the national speed limit applies?
What does this traffic sign mean?
Compulsory maximum speed limit
What should you do when you see this sign at a crossroads?
Carry on with great care
Which sign means you have priority over oncoming vehicles?
What do the long white lines along the centre of the road mean?
Hazard warning
You see this amber traffic light ahead. Which light, or lights, will come on next?
Red alone
What does it mean if you see this signal on the motorway?
Leave the motorway at the next exit
What must you do when you see this sign?
Stop even if the road is clear
Which sign informs you that you’re coming to a ‘no through road’?
You’re in a tunnel and you see this sign. What does it mean?
Direction to an emergency pedestrian exit
Which sign shows that you’re entering a one-way system?
Which of these signs warns you of a zebra crossing?
Which sign means there will be two-way traffic crossing your route ahead?
Which arm signal tells you that the car you’re following is going to pull up?
Which sign means turn left ahead?
What should you be aware of if you’ve just passed this sign?
All traffic is going one way
ow should you give an arm signal to turn left?
