Key Insights

The no-parking sign forbids parking on its side of the road but still allows stopping.

Traffic lights take precedence over vertical signs in the signal hierarchy.

A triangular sign with a curving arrow to the left warns of a dangerous left-hand bend.

The blue car sign marks a road reserved exclusively for motor vehicles.

The priority intersection sign tells you the crossing traffic must yield to you.

Arrow markings on the carriageway dictate the only directions permitted from that lane.

The motor vehicle prohibition sign blocks cars but allows two-wheeled motorcycles through.

Always stop before the transverse stop line, which must never be crossed to obey a sign or light.

An octagonal STOP-style sign with text inside marks a mandatory stop at customs, police, or toll posts.

An officer with arms extended horizontally requires users approaching from front and rear to stop.

The picnic-table symbol sign marks a roadside rest area.

The U-turn prohibition sign bans only U-turns, not left turns.

The weight restriction sign bans vehicles whose actual laden mass exceeds the indicated tonnage.

The red-arrow narrowing sign means you must yield to oncoming traffic through the bottleneck.

A blue mandatory truck sign without tonnage requires all trucks and vans to use that road.

A green circular light grants priority passage unless you'd block the intersection by stopping inside it.

A red flag closes the road to all traffic from the point where the carrying vehicle passes.

Even on a minimum-speed lane, drive in the rightmost lane when circumstances permit.

A triangular sign with inward-pointing lines warns the carriageway is narrowing ahead.

Yellow-background signs mark roadworks; the symbol still gives the actual hazard, like loose chippings.

The dropped kerb sign forbids parking only, not stopping or briefly standing.

Lane-specific overhead signals govern only the lane directly beneath them.

An escape lane sign marks a runaway-vehicle ramp reserved for brake-failure emergencies only.

A speed sign with a weather supplementary panel applies only under that specified condition.

A speed sign mounted with a danger warning applies only while that hazard lasts.

Blue parking-bay markings indicate a limited-duration zone, often subject to payment.

Steady amber requires stopping just like red, unless you're too close to halt safely.

Shorter gaps between broken-line dashes warn of a continuous line or special-risk section ahead.

The mandatory truck sign without tonnage requires every truck and van to use that road.

The cycle prohibition sign bars bicycles and other cycles from entering.

The truck/van prohibition sign bans goods-transport vehicles regardless of weight.

The bus-lane sign reserves the lane for collective transport, plus taxis if 'Taxi' is shown.

A mandatory motor-vehicle road sign forces cars to use it but doesn't ban other vehicles.

A recommended-speed sign under a danger warning applies only through the hazardous stretch.

The motor vehicle prohibition sign blocks cars and special vehicles; the no-entry sign blocks everything.

The Low Emission Zone sign restricts entry based on environmental badge or criteria.

A cycle path lane sign reserves that specific lane exclusively for cycles.

Traffic officer orders must always be obeyed, even when they contradict other signs or rules.

Animals have right of way at signposted drovers' roads (cañadas) marked with the domestic animals danger sign.

A level crossing with barriers sign warns of an upcoming railway crossing equipped with barriers or half-barriers.

The priority-over-oncoming-traffic sign grants you right of way through an upcoming narrow passage.

Speed markings inside a delimited lane apply only to that lane, not the whole carriageway.

The dipped headlights sign requires at least low beam regardless of lighting or visibility conditions.

Variable message panels can inform, warn of hazards, and give mandatory instructions.

A green flag from an officer's vehicle reopens the road to traffic from that point onward.

When two signs of the same type contradict each other, always obey the more restrictive one.

Yellow broken kerb lines prohibit parking but allow brief stops under two minutes with the driver present.

The pedestrian crossing warning sign indicates one or more upcoming pedestrian crossings.

When signs of the same type contradict each other, the most restrictive one prevails.

The no-left-turn sign also prohibits U-turns, but no-U-turn does not prohibit left turns.