Signs Flashcards
What are the different shapes of traffic signs?
circle, triangle and rectangles
What do circles do?
Give orders
What do triangles do?
Warn
What do rectangles do?
Give info
What do blue circles tell you?
They give mandatory instructions
What do white circles with red rings tell you?
They tell you what you must not do
What do blue rectangles tell you?
They give information unless it’s on the motorway where they give you directions
What do green rectangles tell you?
They give directions for primary routes
What do white rectangles tell you?
They give directions for non-primary routes
What are two exceptions to the shape and colour of signs and what do they look like?
The STOP sign is a red hexagon and the GIVE WAY sign is a white triangle with a red outline
Distance to the stop line
Distance to the give way sign
Traffic signals ahead
Crossroads warning
T junction warning
Side road
Staggered junction
Traffic merges from the left
Traffic merges onto main carriageway
Roundabout
Bend to the right or left depending on which direction its going
Double bend to the left then the right or reversed if its the other way
Junction on a bend
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on the right
End of dual carriageway
Two way traffic
Two way traffic on the route crossing ahead
Warning of a ford up ahead which is a shallow bit of river that you can drive in
Steep hill downwards or upwards
Swing bridge that can open
Riverbank or quayside that your car can drive into
Water course alongside road or soft ledges
Hump bridge
Uneven road
Slippery road
Side winds
Low flying aircraft or sudden aircraft noises
Risk of fallen or falling rocks
Queues likely ahead
Slow-moving military vehicles up ahead
Slow-moving vehicles up ahead and will give a distance shown
Ice or snowdrifting
This means pay attention and hazard will be written below e.g. hidden dip
Zebra crossing
No path so pedestrians in the road for the distance shown
Frail pedestrians likely to cross
School ahead
Pedestrians likely to be crossing a high-speed road with no formal crossing
Wild animal
Wild fowl
Supervised cattle crossing
No entry to vehicles
No motor vehicles
No pedestrians
No goods vehicles over maximum gross weight shown in this case 7.5 tonnes
No vehicles or combinations of vehicles over that length
No vehicles over the certain width written in both metric and imperial measurements
No overtaking
This used for a narrow bridge or road and indicates who gets the right of way
No U-turn
No right turn and if it’s reversed, no left turn
Vehicles must not go beyond the sign when displayed
Proceed in the direction shown by arrow (left)
Turn left ahead
Vehicles can pass either side to reach the same destination
Keep left or right if reversed
Mini roundabout and you must give way to traffic coming from the right
One way traffic
Maximum speed limit that you can go if it is safe to do so
National speed limit (70mph on motorways and 60mph of dual carriageways)
Start of a speed limit in a village or town
Start of a motorway
Warns drivers that a previously higher limit has been replaced by a 30mph limit
End of roadworks and any temporary speed limit
Area of road where 2 speed cameras are in use
Maximum speed advised at a bend
Minimum speed permitted
Level crossing with a gate or barrier
Level crossing without a gate or barrier
Safe height under the overhead electrified cable
Risk of grounding
No waiting sign
No stopping, not even to pick up or drop off passengers
Sharp deviation of route to the left
This sign is used with steep hill or try your brakes
End of tunnel or bridge etc
No vehicles allowed
