Signs
Signs are an important block of the real exam. Today you practise 10 signs-only questions: vertical (warning, regulatory, indication), road markings and officers' signals. Review each explanation and return to the topic if a rule is still unclear.
Signs session: focus on what the question shows
Use this part of the plan to concentrate on signs themselves. The questions cover vertical signs, including warning, regulatory and indication signs, alongside road markings and signals given by officers. As you answer, identify which kind of signalling the question concerns and use the immediate explanation to check your understanding of it.
A missed answer is a reason to revisit that particular part of the topic. Read through the explanation before you try again, then choose topic practice or your missed questions if you need more review. Right of way has its own session later in the plan, so keep today’s revision centred on recognising and understanding the signalling in each question.
Before you begin or try again
- Read the explanation for every missed answer and check which part of your reasoning needs another look before moving on.
- Take your time over the wording and the answer choices; give yourself room to understand the question before answering.
- Only repeat the session after reviewing your mistakes, returning to the explanations whenever a point still feels unclear to you.
After reviewing this session
What the syllabus says about signs
The Permit B signs lesson teaches a hierarchy: officers' orders come first, then temporary signalling (a roadworks sign, for example), then traffic lights, vertical signs and finally road markings. If two signs seem to contradict each other, the higher-ranking one prevails, and many questions are solved by recalling that order before looking at shape or colour.
Also tell the families apart: warning signs notify a hazard, regulatory signs impose prohibitions or obligations, and indication signs guide or inform. Signs bind from where they are placed unless they state a distance, a stretch length or the end of a prohibition. In pictures, check the lane you are in: the lesson warns that a sign may apply to only one direction, lane or manoeuvre.
Two examples from the lesson work as shortcuts. At a junction, a priority sign outranks the general priority-to-the-right rule. At roadworks, temporary signalling can override the permanent signs. If a question mentions a temporary diversion, look at the beacons, arrows and variable-message panels.