Signs

Question 1

What are the different shapes of traffic signs?

Answer 1

circle, triangle and rectangles

Question 2

What do circles do?

Answer 2

Give orders

Question 3

What do triangles do?

Answer 3

Warn

Question 4

What do rectangles do?

Answer 4

Give info

Question 5

What do blue circles tell you?

Answer 5

They give mandatory instructions

Question 6

What do white circles with red rings tell you?

Answer 6

They tell you what you must not do

Question 7

What do blue rectangles tell you?

Answer 7

They give information unless it’s on the motorway where they give you directions

Question 8

What do green rectangles tell you?

Answer 8

They give directions for primary routes

Question 9

What do white rectangles tell you?

Answer 9

They give directions for non-primary routes

Question 10

What are two exceptions to the shape and colour of signs and what do they look like?

Answer 10

The STOP sign is a red hexagon and the GIVE WAY sign is a white triangle with a red outline

Question 11

Answer 11

Distance to the stop line

Question 12

Answer 12

Distance to the give way sign

Question 13

Answer 13

Traffic signals ahead

Question 14

Answer 14

Crossroads warning

Question 15

Answer 15

T junction warning

Question 16

Answer 16

Side road

Question 17

Answer 17

Staggered junction

Question 18

Answer 18

Traffic merges from the left

Question 19

Answer 19

Traffic merges onto main carriageway

Question 20

Answer 20

Roundabout

Question 21

Answer 21

Bend to the right or left depending on which direction its going

Question 22

Answer 22

Double bend to the left then the right or reversed if its the other way

Question 23

Answer 23

Junction on a bend

Question 24

Answer 24

Road narrows on both sides

Question 25

Answer 25

Road narrows on the right

Question 26

Answer 26

End of dual carriageway

Question 27

Answer 27

Two way traffic

Question 28

Answer 28

Two way traffic on the route crossing ahead

Question 29

Answer 29

Warning of a ford up ahead which is a shallow bit of river that you can drive in

Question 30

Answer 30

Steep hill downwards or upwards

Question 31

Answer 31

Swing bridge that can open

Question 32

Answer 32

Riverbank or quayside that your car can drive into

Question 33

Answer 33

Water course alongside road or soft ledges

Question 34

Answer 34

Hump bridge

Question 35

Answer 35

Uneven road

Question 36

Answer 36

Slippery road

Question 37

Answer 37

Side winds

Question 38

Answer 38

Low flying aircraft or sudden aircraft noises

Question 39

Answer 39

Risk of fallen or falling rocks

Question 40

Answer 40

Queues likely ahead

Question 41

Answer 41

Slow-moving military vehicles up ahead

Question 42

Answer 42

Slow-moving vehicles up ahead and will give a distance shown

Question 43

Answer 43

Ice or snowdrifting

Question 44

Answer 44

This means pay attention and hazard will be written below e.g. hidden dip

Question 45

Answer 45

Zebra crossing

Question 46

Answer 46

No path so pedestrians in the road for the distance shown

Question 47

Answer 47

Frail pedestrians likely to cross

Question 48

Answer 48

School ahead

Question 49

Answer 49

Pedestrians likely to be crossing a high-speed road with no formal crossing

Question 50

Answer 50

Wild animal

Question 51

Answer 51

Wild fowl

Question 52

Answer 52

Supervised cattle crossing

Question 53

Answer 53

No entry to vehicles

Question 54

Answer 54

No motor vehicles

Question 55

Answer 55

No pedestrians

Question 56

Answer 56

No goods vehicles over maximum gross weight shown in this case 7.5 tonnes

Question 57

Answer 57

No vehicles or combinations of vehicles over that length

Question 58

Answer 58

No vehicles over the certain width written in both metric and imperial measurements

Question 59

Answer 59

No overtaking

Question 60

Answer 60

This used for a narrow bridge or road and indicates who gets the right of way

Question 61

Answer 61

No U-turn

Question 62

Answer 62

No right turn and if it's reversed, no left turn

Question 63

Answer 63

Vehicles must not go beyond the sign when displayed

Question 64

Answer 64

Proceed in the direction shown by arrow (left)

Question 65

Answer 65

Turn left ahead

Question 66

Answer 66

Vehicles can pass either side to reach the same destination

Question 67

Answer 67

Keep left or right if reversed

Question 68

Answer 68

Mini roundabout and you must give way to traffic coming from the right

Question 69

Answer 69

One way traffic

Question 70

Answer 70

Maximum speed limit that you can go if it is safe to do so

Question 71

Answer 71

National speed limit (70mph on motorways and 60mph of dual carriageways)

Question 72

Answer 72

Start of a speed limit in a village or town

Question 73

Answer 73

Start of a motorway

Question 74

Answer 74

Warns drivers that a previously higher limit has been replaced by a 30mph limit

Question 75

Answer 75

End of roadworks and any temporary speed limit

Question 76

Answer 76

Area of road where 2 speed cameras are in use

Question 77

Answer 77

Maximum speed advised at a bend

Question 78

Answer 78

Minimum speed permitted

Question 79

Answer 79

Level crossing with a gate or barrier

Question 80

Answer 80

Level crossing without a gate or barrier

Question 81

Answer 81

Safe height under the overhead electrified cable

Question 82

Answer 82

Risk of grounding

Question 83

Answer 83

No waiting sign

Question 84

Answer 84

No stopping, not even to pick up or drop off passengers

Question 85

Answer 85

Sharp deviation of route to the left

Question 86

Answer 86

This sign is used with steep hill or try your brakes

Question 87

Answer 87

End of tunnel or bridge etc

Question 88

Answer 88

No vehicles allowed