Road and traffic signs

• You should only flash your headlights to warn others of your presence. Don’t use them to greet others, show impatience or give priority to other road users, because they could misunderstand your signal.
• This arm signal tells you that the car ahead is going to pull up.

  
• This signal means trams must stop.

  
• This sign means no motor vehicles allowed.

  
• This sign means there is a T-junction.

  
• This sign means there is a hump bridge.

  
• This motorway sign means you should change to the lane on your left.

  
• The white line along the side of the road indicates the edge of the carriageway.

  
• A sign with a brown background shows tourist directions.

  
• '25' on this motorway sign tells us the number of the next junction.

  
• This sign means route for trams only.

  
• This sign means two-way traffic crosses a one-way road.

  
• If a vehicle is coming from the right, with its left indicator flashing, wait until the vehicle starts to turn in before you pull out.

  
• This sign means that pedestrians may be walking along the road.

  
• Road narrows would be shown in a triangular road sign.

  
• This sign means there is a level crossing with a gate or barrier.

  
• You would find green reflective studs on a motorway at slip-road entrances and exits.
• Whilst in busy traffic and wanting to pull up just after a junction on the left, you should signal as you're passing or just after the junction.
• Circular traffic signs that have a blue background give mandatory instructions.

  
• This sign means it's the end of a restricted parking area.

  
• A police officer in a patrol vehicle will signal for you to stop by flashing their headlights, indicating and pointing to the left.
• On a motorway you can find reflective amber studs on the right-hand edge of the road.
• This is how you should give an arm signal to turn left.

  
• This sign is a direction to park-and-ride car park.

  
• At traffic lights, when the amber light shows on its own, stop at the stop line.
• You would see a contraflow bus lane on a one-way street.

  
• This shape is used for a 'give way' sign.

  
• The hatched area along the centre of the road separates traffic flowing in opposite directions.

  
• These types of signs tell you what you must not do.

  
• This sign means no parking on the days and times shown.

  
• When you see this sign, you must leave the motorway immediately.