Motorways in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland aren’t obliged to have them. If you break down, are involved in an incident, or see a vehicle in trouble, you can call the relevant authority and relay the information on the distance markers. The first number refers to the road you're on, and the second line will be either an A or a B, which indicates which way you're travelling. Finally, the third line tells you how far you are from a given location. Brown rectangles are for tourist information. Always exciting when you’re on your way to a theme park and you see that brown rectangle telling you you’re nearly there! The SSI prescribes two additional legends that can be used on the plate, as illustrated in Figure 12: We’ve also got a whole guide dedicated to passing your theory test which should help you get prepared. Start practicing your driving

Provisions within the 2022 Regulations and General Directions to ensure that existing signs already in place on the network will remain valid, even where they are superseded by the amendments. * Business and regulatory impacts are deemed to be negligible for the following proposals So, you’re studying for your theory test and preparing to take driving lessons—exciting times! But also: so many things to learn! Chief among them is how to interpret all the various road signs you might come across on your travels. And that's no mean feat: there are tonnes of sign designs in the UK's Highway Code. Not only do things like shape and colour affect their meaning, but different types of roads have their own unique style of sign too. Having bashed my head against the wall trying to get Portsmouth City Council to understand how to use speed limit signs before, I wasn't going to bother. Instead one day I decided to tweet Hampshire Police, apologising for wasting their time with pedantry, but explaining that if I could spot the problem then a lawyer could too. Despite my informal choice of channel, the offending sign was gone two days later, with a reply thanking me. We’re going to cover the different types of road signs and what they mean.Pluswe’ll go through some of the most common and the most difficult road signs to get you ready for theory test day. Road sign shapes and colours New symbol for use on direction signs, to indicate locations where motorhomes and campervans can be serviced (water, toilet etc). Amendments to existing signs Additional warning sign legends *Permitting a second distance to be included in the existing parking area approach sign, Diagram 2501, allowing drivers to make more informed choice. Pedestrian zone –flashing lights

The costs directly arising from the amendment are generally considered to be very low, noting that in most cases the changes to the regulations are fairly minor and, significantly, the amendments do not result in any mandatory changes to road signs. Provision of signs included within the amendment is at the discretion of road authorities. The amendment will provide benefits in situations where the definition of the restricted zone is not well suited to fixed periods. For example, it will enable the zone restriction to be applied during school term times, but not during holidays. This has potential dual benefit of: Countdown markers to speed limits – warning of approach to restricted speed limit on approach to town or village Not only will this be more noticeable than a smaller sign, but it will also improve legibility and hence reading distance, Don't automatically assume that any sign that does not meet these specifications is illegal as some signs have been given special authorisation from the DFT as experiments.

This minor change to the regulations allows the next two laybys on a continuous route to be identified on the standard advance notification “P” parking sign. So for example rather than just identifying the next layby (“P” 1 mile), it will allow the next two to be identified (“P” 1 mile and 5 miles). Besides being a rectangular road sign containing different counts of stripes or bars, yards signs also come in different colours to indicate something. Here's what you need to know about the yards sign below.